Castilian languages

The Castilian languages are Castilian (Spanish) and its closest relatives. Besides derivatives of Spanish such as Judaeo-Spanish and Amazonic Spanish, this refers principally to Extremaduran, partially mutual intelligible language that is often considered merely a peculiar dialect by other speakers of Spanish.

Castilian languages
Castilic
Geographic
distribution
Spain, Spanish-speaking Americas, Equatorial Guinea
Linguistic classificationIndo-European
Subdivisions
Glottologcast1243


Notes

  1. Extremaduran is sometimes considered an Astur-Leonese dialect.

Name

The category "Castilian languages" is used in Ethnologue: Languages of the World[1]

References

  1. Eberhard, David M., Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2020. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. Twenty-third edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.
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