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Rhawnt

#8078 Sat, 10 Jun 06 10:23 AM

Is someone able to tell me the difference between castillano and spanish.
Im looking at sites and text books and dictionaries and they all call themselves spanish. I thought that castillano was the more widely spoken dialect - does this mean that they are all in fact castillano? there is a distinct difference isnt there between some of the vocab etc between spanish and castillano.
how can i tell what is what?!?!?

please help! :-)

Rhawnt

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Klavier

#8081 Sat, 10 Jun 06 05:20 PM

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Rhawnt

#8089 Sun, 11 Jun 06 10:43 AM

gracias but could you possibly tell me what it all says (a rough run down anyway) in english as my spanish is still somewhat non existant!! :-)

muchos gracias!

Rhawnt

Elena

#8090 Sun, 11 Jun 06 11:56 AM

Hi Rhawnt,

when a person is learning Spanish what he is learning especifically is Castillian, the language originated in a Spanish region, Castilla, spoken all over Spain by every Spaniard, and spoken in a lot of American countries with their specific variants, but, in Spain there are other languages like catalán, gallego, and others, spoken in some regions but not by every Spaniard.

In short, what is commonly called 'español' is 'castellano' ( in oppossition to catalan or gallego or euskera or asturiano...)

I hope it is clear ? If not, tell me and I'll explain more :)

Elena

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Rhawnt

#8103 Mon, 12 Jun 06 02:48 AM

thanks elena - that is very interesting!
i did a spanish course a while ago and they said castillan was the more widely spoken and that 'spanish' and other dialects were less spoken. thanks for clearing it up for me. so i am safe learning from most website that would be aimed at non spanish speakers? and spanish books that would be from a foreign bookshop over here (australia)?

thanks for the help.

Rhawnt

Jhumka

#8107 Mon, 12 Jun 06 12:56 PM

Basic Spanish or written Spanish(used in books) is called castellian,but every region of Spain has its own dialect, even Spanish of Latin America is also differ from country to country

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Elena

#8156 Tue, 13 Jun 06 05:17 PM

Rhawnt
... so i am safe learning from most website that would be aimed at non spanish speakers? and spanish books that would be from a foreign bookshop over here (australia)? thanks for the help.

yes, Rhawnt, you are safe.

Elena

Rhawnt

#8170 Wed, 14 Jun 06 08:14 AM

:-) fantastic - thanks elana

Rhawnt

Anonymous

#14050 Wed, 20 Dec 06 11:10 PM

I would like to learn Spanish for countries like Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Uruguay, Mexico. I am told to get the Castillian Spanish as opposed to the Latin American. Why?

Anonymous

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