The Castilian languages are Castilian (Spanish) and its closest relatives. Besides derivatives of Spanish such as
Judaeo-Spanish
Judaeo-Spanish or Judeo-Spanish (autonym , Hebrew alphabet, Hebrew script: , Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: ), also known as Ladino, is a Romance languages, Romance language derived from Old Spanish language, Old Spanish. Originally spoken in Spain ...
and
Amazonic Spanish
Amazonic Spanish (''español amazónico''), also known as Charapa Spanish, Loreto-Ucayali Spanish or Jungle Spanish (''español de la selva''), is a variety of Spanish spoken in the Amazon, especially in Ecuador, parts of Colombia, Southern Vene ...
, this refers principally to
Extremaduran, a partially mutually intelligible language that is often considered merely a peculiar dialect by other speakers of Spanish.
Name
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Ethnologue
''Ethnologue: Languages of the World'' (stylized as ''Ethnoloɠue'') is an annual reference publication in print and online that provides statistics and other information on the living languages of the world. It is the world's most comprehensiv ...
'' uses the category "Castilian languages"
while
Glottolog
''Glottolog'' is a bibliographic database of the world's lesser-known languages, developed and maintained first at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany (between 2015 and 2020 at the Max Planck Institute for ...
uses "Castilic".
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References
West Iberian languages
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