Did English or Spanish come first?
Did English or Spanish come first?
I’m not an expert on English, but for what it’s worth, Wikipedia dates Modern English to the 15th Century, with Shakespeare and the King James Bible being its literary markers. In sum, English is older than Spanish.
Does English derive from Spanish?
English isn’t the only language with a penchant for absorbing words from other languages. Many words that English has acquired from Spanish originally came from other languages, mostly those of native American populations that were subjugated by the Spanish colonial empire.
Where did the Spanish come from originally?
Spanish originated in the Iberian Peninsula as a dialect of spoken Latin, which is today called “Vulgar Latin,” as opposed to the Classical Latin used in literature. The dialect of Spanish that we consider dominant in Europe is called Castellano or Castilian Spanish.
Is English influenced by Spanish?
Spanish, like English, went through many changes as it developed in the New World. Like English, it was influenced by native languages and ways of speaking – it also acted as a pathway by which many native words eventually made their way into American English.
What language came first, English or Spanish?
Well, according to my knowledge english language came first than the spanish. The language referred to today as Spanish is gotten from a vernacular of spoken Latin that advanced in the north-focal part of the Iberian Peninsula after the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the fifth century.
Is Spanish easier than English?
-English is NOT written the way it’s pronounced unlike Spanish which is. In summary, Spanish has much more difficult grammar (mostly because of how easy English grammar is compared to many languages) but English is much harder to read, write and pronounce.
Which countries speak the best English as a second language?
Netherlands. Congratulations to the Dutch,not only on their ability to invent hilarious surnames,but also on their ability to speak the English language.
Did Spanish evolve from Latin?
What we call modern Spanish evolved from a form of Latin dialect that was spoken in a very remote region of the former Roman Empire. Many of the differences between Spanish and languages such as Italian can be attributed to this fact. Spanish, or Castillian comes from the area around Burgos which was not the center of Roman activity in Spain.