Spanish Language Roots


by Tony Hendriks - Date: 2008-11-05 - Word Count: 309 Share This!

Spanish language roots can be traced back to Roman times. Spanish is the fourth largest spoken language in the world. It is becoming increasingly important in the United States as the Latin communities grow there. Learning Spanish has become very important for American companies looking to market to the Spanish community.

Spanish is a very old language that can be traced back to Roman times. Latin was the spoken and written language of the Roman Empire. The empire was very large however and covered most of the known world. During the 3rd century, the Roman Empire was invaded by the Visigoths. These barbarians came from the area we now know as Germany.

There was an attempt to translate the Visigoth language into Latin. Slowly, Vulgar Latin, a mix of Latin and Visigoth, grew out of the Visigoth area of the Roman Empire. Vulgar Latin is the mother of all the Romance Languages that we know today. These include:
• Spanish
• Portuguese
• French
• Italian
• Romanian

During the 4th to 7th centuries the Visigoths invaded and occupied what we know now as Spain. This is where Vulgar Latin was truly born. Modern Spanish can be dated back to the conquest of Moorish Spain by Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon. Spanish is spoken today by more than 332 million people around the world.

Spanish was spread throughout the world as Spain explored and conquered distant lands with naval exploration. Mexico and the America's are some examples of this exploration and the simulation of the Spanish language.

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