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The Influence Of Collapse Of The Roman Empire On The Spanish

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Spanish is based primarily on the Latin brought to the Iberian continent by the Roman Empire. The conquest of the area of Spain and Portugal was completed around 19 B.C. The Spanish language was previously known as Castilian, which is a variation of Vulgar Latin. The Spanish language developed alongside Catalan, Basque, Aragonese, Galician, and other native languages. It was only after the unification of the kingdoms of Castile and Aragon that Spanish became the official name of the language. Spanish has also been greatly influenced by contact with other cultures, both as colonizers and the colonized. The Arab settlements following the collapse of the Roman Empire left a massive impact on the Spanish vocabulary, and it is estimated that around
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