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Discuss the origins of the vernacular language Spanish and describe how the language spread.

As a whole, in what ways has Latin influenced Western language development?

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This solution of 416 words provides a discussion of the history of vernacular Spanish, and the influence of Latin on Western language with specific examples on the evolution of language and distribution in the Americas.

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To begin, let me remind of a fact that is often overlooked: Spanish is the second most commonly spoken language in the world. This fact alone helps us to understand the historical nature of the vernacular language. Remember that vernacular refers to a language that is natively spoken by a people group or culture. From history, we know that Spain ruled much of the world at one time. Because of this, many regions of the world still, to this day, have Spanish as its native language. It is largely spoken throughout the Americas (with the notable exception of the United States, Canada, and Brazil), and ...

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