Castilian
Standard Iberian language
Castilian refers to the Spanish language, particularly as spoken in the Castile region of central Spain.
In Spain, *castellano* distinguishes the national language from regional languages like Catalan, Basque, and Galician.
Outside Spain, Castilian sometimes describes European Spanish as distinct from Latin American varieties.
As an adjective or noun, it describes people or things from Castile: Castilian pride, a native Castilian.
Language of Iberia
- dialectRegional language variety
- accentRegional speech pattern
- standardLevel of quality accepted
- peninsularExtending into water
pronunciation · phonology · grammar · vocabulary · syntax · distinction · conjugation · orthography
- Don QuixoteDelusional self-proclaimed knight-errant
- El CidMedieval Spanish warrior-hero
- Alfonso XMedieval Castilian king-scholar
- romanceLove and its excitement
ballad · Golden Age · picaresque · troubadour · medieval · manuscript · epic · chivalry
Spanish
Language of Iberia
peninsular · pronunciation · phonology · grammar · vocabulary · syntax · distinction · conjugation · orthography · morphology
Cervantes
- Don QuixoteDelusional self-proclaimed knight-errant
- El CidMedieval Spanish warrior-hero
- Alfonso XMedieval Castilian king-scholar
romance · ballad · Golden Age · picaresque · troubadour · medieval · manuscript · epic · chivalry · courtly
Reconquista
Iberian Christian territorial recovery
kingdom · conquest · unification · medieval · crown · nobility · hidalgo · caballero · Inquisition · expulsion
Madrid
Spain's governmental seat
- SegoviaCastilian provincial capital
- ToledoCity in Spain or Ohio
- BurgosNorthern Spanish province capital
Valladolid · Salamanca · plateau · aqueduct · cathedral · fortress · kingdom · crown · unification · heartland
- Hispanic WorldSpain, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Peru
- Spanish learningvocabulary, grammar, verbs, nouns, adjectives
- Spanish/PortugueseSpanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician, Basque
- Hispanic StudiesSpanish literature, Spanish language, Cervantes, Don Quixote, Spanish drama
- Spanish HistoryReconquista, Spanish Inquisition, Spanish Empire, conquistadors, Catholic Monarchs
- Spanish HeritageAlhambra, Alcazar, Andalusian, Toledo, Catalan
CastilianBasque
Pyrenees ethnic group
Catalan · Galician · Valencian · Andalusian · Portuguese
CastilianQuechua
Andean indigenous language family
Nahuatl · Maya · Zapotec · indigenous languages · pre-Columbian