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A brief history of Spanish

Ilan Stavans · TED

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Beginning in the third century BCE, the Romans conquered the Iberian peninsula. This period gave rise to several regional languages in the area that's now Spain, including Castilian, Catalan, and Galician. One of these would become Spanish— but not for another 1,500 years. Those years tell the origin story of what's become a global modern language. Ilan Stavans traces the evolution of Spanish. [Directed by Hernando Bahamon, Globizco Studios, narrated by Ilan Stavans, music by Manuel Borda].

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED-Ed
Speaker
Ilan Stavans
Year
2022
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
History, Languages and linguistics, Teaching and learning
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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