Learn Spanish: Español or Castellano
What is the correct name of the language Español or castellano In this video I will give you the information so you learn what are some of the differences between these two words. I say español. Some native Spanish speakers say hablo español; other native Spanish speakers say hablo castellano. You might say castellano or español. Some of the reasons behind the confusion for these two terms are presented in this video. I will explain to you why some people say one, and others say the other. The reasons behind these two terms are historical. You see, Isabel de Castilla spoke castellano. But many shipmen who were in the crew of the yachts that got to America were not from Castilla, they were from other regions in Spain and the world and they did not specifically speak castellano, they spoke a mix, a soup of the different languages, dialects from all over Spain. There are some letters and sounds in Spanish that are pronounced different in Spain and in Latin America. You may notice that the Spanish letters c
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