🇪🇸 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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🤦‍♂️ CORRECTIONS

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.

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The Sound of the Celtiberian language (Numbers & Sample Text)
https://youtu.be/Yju-fj4CHME

Canaanite-Phoenician language: Part 1 of Punic inscriptions
https://youtu.be/3XesvhCZWKs

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The Sound of the Gothic language (Numbers, Greetings, Words & Sample Text)
https://youtu.be/-qRMIx7Hc6U

poeta magica - kharja
https://youtu.be/hDQIeOD_p_Q

“Map of Berber languages.svg” 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)
https://youtu.be/vzaD6Cn4gfA

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Sounds of Andalusia - SPAIN
https://youtu.be/UkF3THUTHSU

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WIKITONGUES: Azariah speaking Spanish
https://youtu.be/f5ah6REtNmg

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Adrian speaking Caribbean Spanish | Romance languages | Wikitongues
https://youtu.be/NI9lRDW_x2E

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WIKITONGUES: Edith speaking Spanish
https://youtu.be/Iw-dUwsWyzs

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