- Castilian people
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group = Castilians
"Castellanos"
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rels = PredominantlyRoman Catholic
related = Andalusians·Catalans·Asturians·Galicians·Cantabrians·BasquesThe Castilian people are the inhabitants of those regions in Spain where most people identify themselves as Castilian. They include
Castile La Mancha ,Madrid and a part ofCastile and Leon . However, not all regions in the medievalKingdom of Castile think of themselves as Castilian. For this reason, the exact limits of what Castile is today are disputed.Through the
Reconquista and other conquests in the Middle Ages, theKingdom of Castile (laterCrown of Castile ) spread all over theIberian Peninsula , especially towards the southern Spanish regions. After this, since the15th century , through theSpanish conquest of the Americas , the castilians also spread over theNew World , bringing with them not only their language, which is called today theSpanish language , but also elements of theirculture ,traditions andidiosyncrasy .The Castilian language
Castilian ("castellano") is the native language of the Castilians. It's thought to have originated at the foothill high plains of the Cordillera Cantábrica and the upper
Ebro valley , in northern Spain, around the 8th and 9th centuries AD. After theReconquista , it was brought to the south and almost entirely replaced the languages that were spoken in the Moorish zone, such as the locally generatedromance language ,Mozarabic , and theArabic of the elites and city dwellers. However, in this process Castilian acquired considerable influences from these languages, many of which continue to be used in modern Castilian; now more usually referred to, especially outside of Spain, as Spanish.During the
Spanish conquest of the Americas , Spanish was the dominant language inSpain , and therefore was the language that was transmitted to theNew World by theConquistadores . Due to this gradual process, the Hispanophone world was created.In Spanish, the word "castellano" (castilian) is often used to refer to the
Spanish language , alongside "español" (Spanish). See "Names given to the Spanish language ".ee also
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Spanish people
*Castile (historical region)
*Castile and León
*Castile-La Mancha
*Kingdom of Castile
*Kingdom of León
*Crown of Castile
*Nationalities of Spain
*Andalusian people
*Canarian people
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