Old Spanish

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Ibero-Romance language Romance language historical language

Old Spanish is the historical form of the Spanish language spoken in the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages, from which modern Spanish and Judeo-Spanish (Ladino) evolved.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Medieval Castilian	3

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Ibero-Romance language ⓘ Romance language ⓘ historical language ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ
developsFrom	Mozarabic language ⓘ surface form: Mozarabic Vulgar Latin ⓘ
developsInto	Asturian language ⓘ surface form: Asturleonese Spanish varieties Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) ⓘ surface form: Judeo-Spanish Ladino ⓘ Modern Spanish ⓘ
endTime	15th century ⓘ
era	medieval period ⓘ
followedBy	Early Modern Spanish ⓘ Modern Spanish ⓘ
follows	Vulgar Latin ⓘ
hasFeature	case distinctions largely lost compared to Latin ⓘ distinct phonemes /ʎ/ and /ʝ/ ⓘ retention of initial f- before vowels in many words ⓘ two-gender system (masculine and feminine) ⓘ use of clitic pronoun system ancestral to Modern Spanish ⓘ use of future and conditional forms derived from Latin infinitive + habere ⓘ use of letters x, j, g to represent different sibilant sounds ⓘ use of non-standardized orthography ⓘ use of synthetic preterite forms ⓘ use of voiced sibilants distinct from voiceless sibilants ⓘ use of yeísmo not yet generalized ⓘ
hasPart	Castilian dialect of the Middle Ages ⓘ Navarro-Aragonese varieties ⓘ
influenced	Judeo-Spanish lexicon ⓘ Modern Spanish phonology ⓘ Spanish orthographic traditions ⓘ
influencedBy	Arabic ⓘ surface form: Arabic language Basque ⓘ surface form: Basque language Mozarabic dialects ⓘ Occitan ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	osp ⓘ
languageFamily	Ibero-Romance languages ⓘ Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages Italic languages ⓘ Romance languages ⓘ Western Romance languages ⓘ
notableWorkInLanguage	Cantar de mio Cid ⓘ Fuero Juzgo ⓘ Glosas Emilianenses ⓘ Glosas Silenses ⓘ Siete Partidas ⓘ
significantEvent	loss of initial Latin f- in many words ⓘ palatalization of Latin consonant clusters ⓘ phonological merger of /b/ and /v/ ⓘ
spokenIn	Crown of Aragon ⓘ Iberian Peninsula ⓘ Kingdom of León ⓘ Kingdom of Navarre NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	10th century ⓘ
subclassOf	Spanish ⓘ surface form: Spanish language
usedFor	legal documents in medieval Castile ⓘ literary works in medieval Iberia ⓘ
usedIn	Middle Ages ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) → derivedFrom → Old Spanish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medieval Castilian

Judezmo → developedFrom → Old Spanish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medieval Castilian

Popular Latin → developedInto → Old Spanish ⓘ

Haketia → hasAncestor → Old Spanish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medieval Castilian

House of Ivrea → language → Old Spanish ⓘ

Reconquista → languageUsed → Old Spanish ⓘ