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Origination of the Spanish LanguageAnswerSince Spanish is derived from Latin, the earliest possible date for the origin of Spanish can't be any earlier than when the Romans started to settle in the Iberian Peninsula - c. 200BC.

However, it would make better sense to go for the date when Latin spoken there began to diverge from Latin spoken elsewhere. I'd would be very skeptical of any date before 150BC, and that would be for a distant forerunner, not really Spanish.

AnswerThe language was formed some time after the Moors settled in, so after 700 A.D. They were conquered by 1492 and after that they (Spaniards) began traveling into the New World spreading their language which was pretty much "Spanish" as we know it. Be aware that various regions have their own dialect as well as their own languages. AnswerWhen Spain was liberated from the Moors, the two kingdoms that headed the "Reconquista" (Re-conquering) of Spain were Castilla, the strongest kingdom, and Aragon. The language of Castilla was the Castilian, now called Spanish, because all Spain was under the rule of Castilla after they conquered the New World and became the mightiest empire in the world at that time. After that, all Spain, beside the different languages spoken in other provinces, (Catalonia, Leon, Galicia, etc) , started to speak in Castilian or Spagnoli as it is also known, and spread in the conquered territories.
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The language of the Romans was Latin. Spanish is one of several modern languages which evolved from Latin and are known as the Romance languages. These include Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian.

While derived from Latin, and closely similar to Italian and Portuguese, Spanish also has been strongly influenced by Arabic, especially in its vocabulary.

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Like most European languages Spanish has the Vulgar Latin dialects imported by Rome around 210 BCE to its territories as one of its initial sources. Thus Spanish is one of the Romance languages and has much in common with French. The Spanish language adopted more local dialects and words with the passage of time which differentiated it from other romance languages. Included in these are unique languages such as Basque with paleolithic origins. Interestingly the Arabic languages influenced the language considerably during the Moorish occupation of the country

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Latin. Spanish is very close to Latin, much closer than French for example.

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The Spanish language originated in Spain

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