The Spanish Language: The True Story Of The World’s 2nd Biggest Language
🇪🇸 The Spanish language has a wild origin story you have to hear, with warring tribes, Roman rule, Moorish invasion, a wise king, and world conquest. Oh, and a 3-headed beast!
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Vasco (Basque) is a language isolate and is not related to (or descended from) Indo-European languages.
⏱ TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - The Wild Tale of Spanish
0:20 - Tribal Spain
2:10 - The Romans
3:30 - War Elephants
4:25 - Barbarian Germanic Invaders
5:04 - The Visigoths
6:20 - The Moors
6:55 - Mozarabic
9:21 - Castilian Spanish
10:19 - Alfonso the Wise
12:54 - The Americas
14:22 - Meanwhile, in Spain...
15:07 - How the Language Changed
17:01 - Castellano vs Español
17:29 - Modern Spanish
📜 SOURCES & ATTRIBUTIONS:
Wikipedia contributors. “Spanish language.“ Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 5 May 2022. Web.
“Galicia, un relato no mundo, ” by Lameiro is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
“Heracles and Geryon“ by Julian Jordanov
“Iberia (orthographic projection).svg” by Rob984 is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
“Cantabria ” by Emilio Gómez Fernández is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
“Monumento al Cántabro (Santander)” by Year of the Dragon is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
“Tagus river gorge, Guadalajara (Spain).jpg” by Heparina1985 is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
“Un signari celtibèric ” by I, Tautintanes is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
“Tésera hospitalidad (Uxama).jpg” by Carlosblh is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
The Sound of the Celtiberian language (Numbers & Sample Text)
Canaanite-Phoenician language: Part 1 of Punic inscriptions
“Conquista ” by I, HansenBCN is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
“Kingdom of ” by Cattette is licensed under CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
“Ethnographic Iberia 200 ” by The Ogre is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
“Iberia ” by Alcides Pinto is licensed under GFDL via Wikimedia Commons
The Sound of the Gothic language (Numbers, Greetings, Words & Sample Text)
poeta magica - kharja
“Map of Berber ” by Ajellid-n-arif is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
The Sound of the Mozarabic / Andalusi Romance language (Numbers, Greetings & The Wren)
“Dialecto ” by Fobos92 is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Sounds of Andalusia - SPAIN
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“Spanish Empire (diachronic).svg” Nagihuin is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
WIKITONGUES: Azariah speaking Spanish
“Variedades principales del españ” by Hidra92 is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Adrian speaking Caribbean Spanish | Romance languages | Wikitongues
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WIKITONGUES: Edith speaking Spanish
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