Old Spanish

E81604

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.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Old Spanish canonical 30
Old Castilian 16
Medieval Castilian 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ibero-Romance language
Romance language
historical language
country Kingdom of Castile
linked to: Castile
developsFrom Mozarabic
linked to: Mozarabic language

Vulgar Latin
developsInto Asturleonese Spanish varieties
linked to: Asturian language

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 language
linked to: Arabic

Basque language
linked to: Basque

Mozarabic dialects
Occitan
ISO639-3Code osp
languageFamily Ibero-Romance languages
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
startTime 10th century
subclassOf Spanish language
linked to: Spanish
usedFor legal documents in medieval Castile
literary works in medieval Iberia
usedIn Middle Ages
writingSystem Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (53)

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

Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) derivedFrom Old Spanish
Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) derivedFrom Medieval Castilian
linked to: Old Spanish
Reconquista languageUsed Old Spanish
Popular Latin developedInto Old Spanish
Haketia hasAncestor Old Spanish
Haketia hasAncestor Medieval Castilian
linked to: Old Spanish
House of Ivrea language Old Spanish
Judezmo developedFrom Old Spanish
Judezmo developedFrom Medieval Castilian
linked to: Old Spanish
Peninsular Spanish developedFrom Old Spanish
General estoria language Old Spanish
Tercera Partida language Old Spanish
Sexta Partida language Old Castilian
linked to: Old Spanish
Carolingian County of Barcelona developedLanguage Old Catalan
linked to: Old Spanish
Modern Spanish follows Old Spanish
Modern Spanish developedFrom Old Spanish
Hakitia derivedFrom Old Spanish
Sancho IV of Castile languageOfCourt Old Castilian
linked to: Old Spanish
Berengaria of Castile languageUsed Old Castilian
linked to: Old Spanish
Early Modern Spanish follows Old Spanish
Early Modern Spanish developedFrom Old Spanish
Spanyolit hasOriginLanguage Old Spanish
Spanyolit hasOriginLanguage Medieval Castilian
linked to: Old Spanish
CORDE corpus covers Old Spanish
CORDE corpus covers Classical Spanish
linked to: Old Spanish
John I of Castile languageOfRecord Medieval Castilian
linked to: Old Spanish
Navarrese Romance closelyRelatedTo Old Spanish
West Iberian hasPart Old Spanish
Central Extremaduran hasAncestor Old Spanish
Southern Extremaduran hasAncestor Old Spanish
Alfonso of Castile language Old Spanish
Diego López V de Haro languageContext Old Castilian
linked to: Old Spanish
Ferdinand de la Cerda languageOfUse Old Castilian
linked to: Old Spanish
Alfonso of Molina language Old Spanish
Henry of Castile the Senator languageSpoken Old Castilian
linked to: Old Spanish
Eleanor of Castile, Queen of Aragon languageSpokenWrittenOrSigned Old Castilian
linked to: Old Spanish
Almohad–Castilian wars languageOfSources Old Castilian
linked to: Old Spanish
Ferdinand of Castile, Lord of Ledesma languageOfEnvironment Old Castilian
linked to: Old Spanish
Third Part of the General estoria language Old Castilian
linked to: Old Spanish
Alfonsine legal reforms language Old Castilian
linked to: Old Spanish
Third Part language Old Spanish
Third Partida language Old Castilian
linked to: Old Spanish
Sixth Partida originalLanguage Old Castilian
linked to: Old Spanish
Seventh Partida originalLanguage Old Castilian
linked to: Old Spanish
fueros language Old Spanish