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Linguistic Lineage for Spanish
Indo-European
.....Italic
..........Romance
...............Italo-Western
....................Western
.........................Gallo-Iberian
...................................Ibero-Romance
........................................West Iberian
.............................................Castilian
..................................................Spanish
Spanish has been developed by the various empires by that controlled the Iberian Peninsula. Spanish is mostly descended from Latin, as the Roman Empire controlled the peninsula for over a thousand years. Spanish was also heavily influenced by the Moors, group of Muslim, Arabic-speakers from Northern Africa.
English and Spanish are both heavily influenced by Latin and one other language. The split between Germanic languages and English is about 50/50. However, Spanish is more heavily influenced by Latin than Arabic.
Spanish has more dialects than any other European language. Many dialects exist in Spain's Spanish-speaking former colonies, such as Argentinian, Chilean and Ecuadorian. Spain itself has many dialects as well, including Catalonian and Aragonese.
GRAMMAR WHOO! W00T! For Conjugation!
Personal: Yo me me me mi/mis mío/a/os/as mí
Direct: Tú te te te tu/tus tuyo/a/os/as ti
Indirect: Él/Ella/Ud lo/la le se su/sus suyo/a/os/as él/ella/Ud
Reflexive: Nosotros/as nos nos nos nuestro/a/os/as
Unstressed: Vosotros/as os os os vuestro/a/os/as vuestro/a/os/as vosotros/as
After Preposition: Ellos/Ellas/Uds los/las les se su/sus suyo/a/os/as ellos/ellas/Uds
