The Spanish Language: The True Story Of The World's 2nd Biggest Language

🇪🇸 The Spanish language has a wild origin story you have to hear, with warring tribes, Roman rule, Moorish invasion, a wise king, and world conquest. Oh, and a 3-headed beast! 📺 WATCH NEXT Spanish accents around the world — everything you need to know 👉🏼 ⬇️ GET MY FREE STORYLEARNING® KIT Discover how to learn any foreign language faster through the power of story with my free StoryLearning® Kit 👉🏼 📚 LEARN SPANISH THROUGH THE POWER OF STORY! Stories are the best way I have found to learn Spanish (and the 7 other languages I speak). Forget the boring textbooks and time-wasting apps! Learn Spanish the natural, effective way with my Spanish Uncovered courses. 👉🏼 🎥 STORYLEARNING SPANISH YOUTUBE CHANNEL Immerse yourself in Spanish with short, engaging stories handpicked for beginners and intermediate learners. All videos have complete subtitles and translations! 👉🏼 📷 FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM Get daily language tips, comics, reels, and more on Instagram (@iwillteachyoualanguage) 👉🏼 🤦‍♂️ CORRECTIONS Vasco (Basque) is a language isolate and is not related to (or descended from) Indo-European languages. ⏱ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - The Wild Tale of Spanish 0:20 - Tribal Spain 2:10 - The Romans 3:30 - War Elephants 4:25 - Barbarian Germanic Invaders 5:04 - The Visigoths 6:20 - The Moors 6:55 - Mozarabic 9:21 - Castilian Spanish 10:19 - Alfonso the Wise 12:54 - The Americas 14:22 - Meanwhile, in Spain... 15:07 - How the Language Changed 17:01 - Castellano vs Español 17:29 - Modern Spanish 📜 SOURCES & ATTRIBUTIONS: Wikipedia contributors. “Spanish language.“ Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 5 May 2022. Web. “Galicia, un relato no mundo, ” by Lameiro is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons “Heracles and Geryon“ by Julian Jordanov “Iberia (orthographic projection).svg” by Rob984 is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons “Cantabria ” by Emilio Gómez Fernández is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons “Monumento al Cántabro (Santander)” by Year of the Dragon is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons “Tagus river gorge, Guadalajara (Spain).jpg” by Heparina1985 is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons “Un signari celtibèric ” by I, Tautintanes is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons “Tésera hospitalidad (Uxama).jpg” by Carlosblh is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons The Sound of the Celtiberian language (Numbers & Sample Text) Canaanite-Phoenician language: Part 1 of Punic inscriptions “Conquista ” by I, HansenBCN is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons “Kingdom of ” by Cattette is licensed under CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons “Ethnographic Iberia 200 ” by The Ogre is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons “Iberia ” by Alcides Pinto is licensed under GFDL via Wikimedia Commons The Sound of the Gothic language (Numbers, Greetings, Words & Sample Text) poeta magica - kharja “Map of Berber ” by Ajellid-n-arif is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons The Sound of the Mozarabic / Andalusi Romance language (Numbers, Greetings & The Wren) “Dialecto ” by Fobos92 is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Sounds of Andalusia - SPAIN “Map Iberian Peninsula ” by Crates is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons “Royal Arms of Castille (1214-15th Century).svg” by Heralder is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons “Coat of Arms and Shield of León (1230-1284).svg” by Heralder is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons “Spanish Empire (diachronic).svg” Nagihuin is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons WIKITONGUES: Azariah speaking Spanish “Variedades principales del españ” by Hidra92 is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Adrian speaking Caribbean Spanish | Romance languages | Wikitongues “ARG orthographic ( all claims).svg” by Addicted04 is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons “MEX ” by Addicted04 is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons WIKITONGUES: Edith speaking Spanish “Coat of Arms of the Royal Spanish ” by Heralder is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons “Español caribeñ” Fobos92 is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons