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58-524: (Redirected from Colombian Act ) Award Premios 40 Principales for Best Colombian Act Awarded for Best in Spanish and International music Country Spain /America Presented by Los 40 Principales First awarded 2007 Website [1] The Premios 40 Principales for Best Colombian Act was an honor presented annually at Los Premios 40 Principales from 2007 to 2011. It
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174-1293: A Life [REDACTED] Nelly Furtado — All Good Things (Come to an End) [REDACTED] Snow Patrol — Chasing Cars [REDACTED] Mika — Grace Kelly 2008 [REDACTED] OneRepublic — Apologize [REDACTED] Kate Ryan — Ella, elle l'a [REDACTED] Duffy — Mercy [REDACTED] Alicia Keys — No One [REDACTED] Amy Winehouse — Rehab 2009 [REDACTED] The Black Eyed Peas — I Gotta Feeling [REDACTED] Jason Mraz — I'm Yours [REDACTED] / [REDACTED] James Morrison & Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings [REDACTED] Lady Gaga — Poker Face [REDACTED] Alesha Dixon — The Boy Does Nothing 2010 [REDACTED] Lady Gaga — Bad Romance [REDACTED] / [REDACTED] David Guetta & Akon — Sexy B**ch [REDACTED] Kesha — Tik Tok [REDACTED] / [REDACTED] Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina — Stereo Love [REDACTED] Taio Cruz — Break Your Heart 2011 [REDACTED] LMFAO — Party Rock Anthem [REDACTED] Jennifer Lopez & Pitbull — On
232-628: A Spanish-based creole language called Chavacano developed in the southern Philippines. However, it is not mutually intelligible with Spanish. The number of Chavacano-speakers was estimated at 1.2 million in 1996. The local languages of the Philippines also retain significant Spanish influence, with many words derived from Mexican Spanish , owing to the administration of the islands by Spain through New Spain until 1821, until direct governance from Madrid afterwards to 1898. Premios 40 Principales for Best International Song From Misplaced Pages,
290-603: A considerable number of words from Arabic , as well as a minor influence from the Germanic Gothic language through the period of Visigoth rule in Iberia. In addition, many more words were borrowed from Latin through the influence of written language and the liturgical language of the Church. The loanwords were taken from both Classical Latin and Renaissance Latin , the form of Latin in use at that time. According to
348-522: A dramatic change in the pronunciation of its sibilant consonants , known in Spanish as the reajuste de las sibilantes , which resulted in the distinctive velar [x] pronunciation of the letter ⟨j⟩ and—in a large part of Spain—the characteristic interdental [θ] ("th-sound") for the letter ⟨z⟩ (and for ⟨c⟩ before ⟨e⟩ or ⟨i⟩ ). See History of Spanish (Modern development of
406-482: A first language by Spaniards and educated Filipinos ( Ilustrados ). Despite a public education system set up by the colonial government, by the end of Spanish rule in 1898, only about 10% of the population had knowledge of Spanish, mostly those of Spanish descent or elite standing. Spanish continued to be official and used in Philippine literature and press during the early years of American administration after
464-478: A long history in the territory of the current-day United States dating back to the 16th century. In the wake of the 1848 Guadalupe Hidalgo Treaty , hundreds of thousands of Spanish speakers became a minoritized community in the United States. The 20th century saw further massive growth of Spanish speakers in areas where they had been hitherto scarce. According to the 2020 census, over 60 million people of
522-508: A primarily Hassaniya Arabic -speaking territory, Spanish was officially spoken as the language of the colonial administration during the late 19th and 20th centuries. Today, Spanish is present in the partially-recognized Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic as its secondary official language, and in the Sahrawi refugee camps in Tindouf ( Algeria ), where the Spanish language is still taught as
580-563: A second language features characteristics involving the variability of the vowel system. While far from its heyday during the Spanish protectorate in Morocco , the Spanish language has some presence in northern Morocco , stemming for example from the availability of certain Spanish-language media. According to a 2012 survey by Morocco's Royal Institute for Strategic Studies (IRES), penetration of Spanish in Morocco reaches 4.6% of
638-531: A second language, largely by Cuban educators. The number of Spanish speakers is unknown. Spanish is also an official language of the African Union . Spanish was an official language of the Philippines from the beginning of Spanish administration in 1565 to a constitutional change in 1973. During Spanish colonization , it was the language of government, trade, and education, and was spoken as
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#1732787568210696-416: Is cognate to the root word of satisfacer ("to satisfy"), and hecho ("made") is similarly cognate to the root word of satisfecho ("satisfied"). Compare the examples in the following table: Some consonant clusters of Latin also produced characteristically different results in these languages, as shown in the examples in the following table: In the 15th and 16th centuries, Spanish underwent
754-666: Is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe . Today, it is a global language with about 500 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain , and about 600 million when including second language speakers. Spanish is the official language of 20 countries , as well as one of the six official languages of
812-599: Is an honor presented annually at Los Premios 40 Principales . Year Winner Other nominees 2006 [REDACTED] / [REDACTED] Shakira & Wyclef Jean — Hips Don't Lie [REDACTED] Green Day — Wake Me Up When September Ends [REDACTED] Madonna — Hung Up [REDACTED] Lucie Silvas — Nothing Else Matters [REDACTED] Julieta Venegas — Me voy 2007 [REDACTED] / [REDACTED] Rihanna & Jay-Z — Umbrella [REDACTED] The Fray — How to Save
870-454: Is estimated that about 486 million people speak Spanish as a native language , making it the second most spoken language by number of native speakers . An additional 75 million speak Spanish as a second or foreign language , making it the fourth most spoken language in the world overall after English, Mandarin Chinese, and Hindi with a total number of 538 million speakers. Spanish is also
928-761: Is heavily influenced by Venezuelan Spanish. In addition to sharing most of its borders with Spanish-speaking countries, the creation of Mercosur in the early 1990s induced a favorable situation for the promotion of Spanish language teaching in Brazil . In 2005, the National Congress of Brazil approved a bill, signed into law by the President , making it mandatory for schools to offer Spanish as an alternative foreign language course in both public and private secondary schools in Brazil. In September 2016 this law
986-732: Is related to Castile ( Castilla or archaically Castiella ), the kingdom where the language was originally spoken. The name Castile , in turn, is usually assumed to be derived from castillo ('castle'). In the Middle Ages , the language spoken in Castile was generically referred to as Romance and later also as Lengua vulgar . Later in the period, it gained geographical specification as Romance castellano ( romanz castellano , romanz de Castiella ), lenguaje de Castiella , and ultimately simply as castellano (noun). Different etymologies have been suggested for
1044-844: Is spoken by very small communities in Angola due to Cuban influence from the Cold War and in South Sudan among South Sudanese natives that relocated to Cuba during the Sudanese wars and returned for their country's independence. Spanish is also spoken in the integral territories of Spain in Africa, namely the cities of Ceuta and Melilla and the Canary Islands , located in the Atlantic Ocean some 100 km (62 mi) off
1102-813: Is the de facto national language of the country, Spanish is often used in public services and notices at the federal and state levels. Spanish is also used in administration in the state of New Mexico . The language has a strong influence in major metropolitan areas such as those of Los Angeles , Miami , San Antonio , New York , San Francisco , Dallas , Tucson and Phoenix of the Arizona Sun Corridor , as well as more recently, Chicago , Las Vegas , Boston , Denver , Houston , Indianapolis , Philadelphia , Cleveland , Salt Lake City , Atlanta , Nashville , Orlando , Tampa , Raleigh and Baltimore-Washington, D.C. due to 20th- and 21st-century immigration. Although Spanish has no official recognition in
1160-568: The Spanish as a First Foreign Language (SAFFL) initiative in March 2005. Spanish has historically had a significant presence on the Dutch Caribbean islands of Aruba , Bonaire and Curaçao ( ABC Islands ) throughout the centuries and in present times. The majority of the populations of each island (especially Aruba) speaking Spanish at varying although often high degrees of fluency. The local language Papiamentu (Papiamento on Aruba)
1218-508: The Spanish–American War but was eventually replaced by English as the primary language of administration and education by the 1920s. Nevertheless, despite a significant decrease in influence and speakers, Spanish remained an official language of the Philippines upon independence in 1946, alongside English and Filipino , a standardized version of Tagalog . Spanish was briefly removed from official status in 1973 but reimplemented under
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#17327875682101276-548: The United Nations . Spanish is the world's second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese ; the world's fourth-most spoken language overall after English , Mandarin Chinese, and Hindustani ( Hindi - Urdu ); and the world's most widely spoken Romance language. The country with the largest population of native speakers is Mexico . Spanish is part of the Ibero-Romance language group , in which
1334-480: The 13th century. Spanish colonialism in the early modern period spurred the introduction of the language to overseas locations, most notably to the Americas. As a Romance language, Spanish is a descendant of Latin. Around 75% of modern Spanish vocabulary is Latin in origin, including Latin borrowings from Ancient Greek. Alongside English and French , it is also one of the most taught foreign languages throughout
1392-404: The 2021–2022 school year alone. The local business process outsourcing industry has also helped boost the language's economic prospects. Today, while the actual number of proficient Spanish speakers is around 400,000, or under 0.5% of the population, a new generation of Spanish speakers in the Philippines has likewise emerged, though speaker estimates vary widely. Aside from standard Spanish,
1450-595: The 20th century, Spanish was introduced to Equatorial Guinea and the Western Sahara , and to areas of the United States that had not been part of the Spanish Empire, such as Spanish Harlem in New York City . For details on borrowed words and other external influences upon Spanish, see Influences on the Spanish language . Spanish is the primary language in 20 countries worldwide. As of 2023, it
1508-1410: The Disco — High Hopes [REDACTED] Jonas Brothers — Sucker [REDACTED] / [REDACTED] Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber — I Don't Care 2020 [REDACTED] Tones and I — Dance Monkey [REDACTED] / [REDACTED] Black Eyed Peas & J Balvin — Ritmo [REDACTED] The Weeknd — Blinding Lights [REDACTED] Lewis Capaldi — Before You Go [REDACTED] Dua Lipa — Don't Start Now 2021 [REDACTED] Ed Sheeran — Bad Habits [REDACTED] BTS — Dynamite [REDACTED] Olivia Rodrigo — Drivers License [REDACTED] The Kid Laroi — Without You [REDACTED] Lil Nas X — Montero (Call Me by Your Name) 2022 [REDACTED] Imagine Dragons — Enemy [REDACTED] Adele — Easy on Me [REDACTED] / [REDACTED] / [REDACTED] Black Eyed Peas , Shakira & David Guetta — Don't You Worry [REDACTED] / [REDACTED] Camila Cabello & Ed Sheeran — Bam Bam [REDACTED] Harry Styles — As It Was [REDACTED] Lizzo — About Damn Time 2023 [REDACTED] Dua Lipa — Dance
1566-654: The Equatoguinean education system and is the primary language used in government and business. Whereas it is not the mother tongue of virtually any of its speakers, the vast majority of the population is proficient in Spanish. The Instituto Cervantes estimates that 87.7% of the population is fluent in Spanish. The proportion of proficient Spanish speakers in Equatorial Guinea exceeds the proportion of proficient speakers in other West and Central African nations of their respective colonial languages. Spanish
1624-3076: The Floor [REDACTED] / [REDACTED] Pitbull , Ne-Yo , Afrojack & Nayer — Give Me Everything [REDACTED] Rihanna — S&M [REDACTED] Alexandra Stan — Mr. Saxobeat 2012 [REDACTED] Adele — Someone Like You [REDACTED] Loreen — Euphoria [REDACTED] Carly Rae Jepsen — Call Me Maybe [REDACTED] Maroon 5 & Christina Aguilera — Moves Like Jagger [REDACTED] / [REDACTED] Gotye & Kimbra — Somebody That I Used to Know 2013 [REDACTED] James Arthur — Impossible [REDACTED] Bruno Mars — Locked Out of Heaven [REDACTED] Avicii — Wake Me Up [REDACTED] / [REDACTED] Daft Punk , Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers — Get Lucky [REDACTED] Robin Thicke , Pharrell Williams & T.I. — Blurred Lines 2014 [REDACTED] Jason Derülo — Talk Dirty [REDACTED] Pharrell Williams — Happy [REDACTED] Miley Cyrus — Wrecking Ball [REDACTED] Avicii — Hey Brother [REDACTED] OneRepublic — Counting Stars 2015 [REDACTED] Ellie Goulding — Love Me Like You Do [REDACTED] Ed Sheeran — Thinking Out Loud [REDACTED] Sia — Chandelier [REDACTED] / [REDACTED] Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars — Uptown Funk [REDACTED] Sam Smith — Stay with Me 2016 [REDACTED] / [REDACTED] Sia feat. Sean Paul — Cheap Thrills [REDACTED] Justin Bieber — Sorry [REDACTED] Adele — Hello [REDACTED] Jennifer Lopez — Ain't Your Mama [REDACTED] / [REDACTED] / [REDACTED] Drake feat. Wizkid & Kyla — One Dance 2017 [REDACTED] Luis Fonsi feat. Daddy Yankee — Despacito [REDACTED] Ed Sheeran — Shape of You [REDACTED] / [REDACTED] Clean Bandit feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie — Rockabye [REDACTED] Rag'n'Bone Man — Human [REDACTED] / [REDACTED] The Chainsmokers & Coldplay — Something Just like This 2018 [REDACTED] Dua Lipa — New Rules [REDACTED] / [REDACTED] Ed Sheeran & Beyoncé — Perfect [REDACTED] Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa — One Kiss [REDACTED] / [REDACTED] Zayn feat. Sia — Dusk Till Dawn [REDACTED] Camila Cabello — Havana 2019 [REDACTED] Ava Max — Sweet but Psycho [REDACTED] / [REDACTED] Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello — Señorita [REDACTED] Panic! at
1682-705: The Iberian Peninsula. These languages included Proto-Basque , Iberian , Lusitanian , Celtiberian and Gallaecian . The first documents to show traces of what is today regarded as the precursor of modern Spanish are from the 9th century. Throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era , the most important influences on the Spanish lexicon came from neighboring Romance languages — Mozarabic ( Andalusi Romance ), Navarro-Aragonese , Leonese , Catalan/Valencian , Portuguese , Galician , Occitan , and later, French and Italian . Spanish also borrowed
1740-567: The Night [REDACTED] Rema — Calm Down [REDACTED] Miley Cyrus — Flowers [REDACTED] Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding — Miracle [REDACTED] Loreen — Tattoo [REDACTED] / [REDACTED] Sam Smith & Kim Petras — Unholy References [ edit ] ^ "LOS40 Music Awards 2019: artistas nominados" . LOS40 (in Spanish) . Retrieved 13 September 2019 . ^ "PROGRAMA ESPECIAL: Nominados
1798-540: The Old Spanish sibilants) for details. The Gramática de la lengua castellana , written in Salamanca in 1492 by Elio Antonio de Nebrija , was the first grammar written for a modern European language. According to a popular anecdote, when Nebrija presented it to Queen Isabella I , she asked him what was the use of such a work, and he answered that language is the instrument of empire. In his introduction to
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1856-597: The Spanish-speaking world, Spanish is called not only español but also castellano (Castilian), the language from the Kingdom of Castile , contrasting it with other languages spoken in Spain such as Galician , Basque , Asturian , Catalan/Valencian , Aragonese , Occitan and other minor languages. The Spanish Constitution of 1978 uses the term castellano to define the official language of
1914-502: The U.S. population were of Hispanic or Hispanic American by origin. In turn, 41.8 million people in the United States aged five or older speak Spanish at home, or about 13% of the population. Spanish predominates in the unincorporated territory of Puerto Rico , where it is also an official language along with English. Spanish is by far the most common second language in the country, with over 50 million total speakers if non-native or second-language speakers are included. While English
1972-457: The administration of Ferdinand Marcos two months later. It remained an official language until the ratification of the present constitution in 1987, in which it was re-designated as a voluntary and optional auxiliary language. Additionally, the constitution, in its Article XIV, stipulates that the Government shall provide the people of the Philippines with a Spanish-language translation of
2030-684: The classic hispanus or hispanicus took the suffix -one from Vulgar Latin , as happened with other words such as bretón (Breton) or sajón (Saxon). Like the other Romance languages , the Spanish language evolved from Vulgar Latin , which was brought to the Iberian Peninsula by the Romans during the Second Punic War , beginning in 210 BC. Several pre-Roman languages (also called Paleohispanic languages )—some distantly related to Latin as Indo-European languages , and some that are not related at all—were previously spoken in
2088-500: The consonant written b (a bilabial with plosive and fricative allophones). In modern Spanish, there is no difference between the pronunciation of orthographic b and v . Typical of Spanish (as also of neighboring Gascon extending as far north as the Gironde estuary , and found in a small area of Calabria ), attributed by some scholars to a Basque substratum was the mutation of Latin initial f into h- whenever it
2146-404: The country's constitution. In recent years changing attitudes among non-Spanish speaking Filipinos have helped spur a revival of the language, and starting in 2009 Spanish was reintroduced as part of the basic education curriculum in a number of public high schools, becoming the largest foreign language program offered by the public school system, with over 7,000 students studying the language in
2204-683: The following table: Spanish is marked by palatalization of the Latin double consonants ( geminates ) nn and ll (thus Latin annum > Spanish año , and Latin anellum > Spanish anillo ). The consonant written u or v in Latin and pronounced [w] in Classical Latin had probably " fortified " to a bilabial fricative /β/ in Vulgar Latin. In early Spanish (but not in Catalan or Portuguese) it merged with
2262-466: The former British colony of Belize (known until 1973 as British Honduras ) where English is the sole official language, according to the 2022 census, 54% of the total population are able to speak the language. Due to its proximity to Spanish-speaking countries and small existing native Spanish speaking minority, Trinidad and Tobago has implemented Spanish language teaching into its education system. The Trinidadian and Tobagonian government launched
2320-616: The 💕 Award Premios 40 Principales for Best International Song Awarded for Best in Spanish and International music Country Spain Presented by Los 40 Principales First awarded 2006 Website [1] [REDACTED] 2010 award winner for Bad Romance , Lady Gaga . [REDACTED] 2015 award winner for Love Me Like You Do , Ellie Goulding . [REDACTED] 2019 award winner for Sweet but Psycho , Ava Max . The Premio 40 Principales for Best International Song
2378-604: The grammar, dated 18 August 1492, Nebrija wrote that "... language was always the companion of empire." From the 16th century onwards, the language was taken to the Spanish-discovered America and the Spanish East Indies via Spanish colonization of America . Miguel de Cervantes , author of Don Quixote , is such a well-known reference in the world that Spanish is often called la lengua de Cervantes ("the language of Cervantes"). In
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2436-540: The language is also known as Castilian ( castellano ). The group evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in Iberia after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century. The oldest Latin texts with traces of Spanish come from mid-northern Iberia in the 9th century, and the first systematic written use of the language happened in Toledo , a prominent city of the Kingdom of Castile , in
2494-549: The language's hegemony in an intensely centralising Spanish state were established from the 18th century onward. Other European territories in which it is also widely spoken include Gibraltar and Andorra . Spanish is also spoken by immigrant communities in other European countries, such as the United Kingdom , France , Italy , and Germany . Spanish is an official language of the European Union . Today,
2552-1037: The last decade Artist and most influential producer of the Latin world Discontinued awards Spanish Solo Act Spanish Group Spanish Pop/Dance Act Festival/Tour/Concert International New Act (America) International Dance Act (America) Urban Act (America) North Act (America) Central Act (America) South Act (America) Awards ceremonies 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Related LOS40 Music Awards Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Premios_40_Principales_for_Best_Colombian_Act&oldid=1252032574 " Category : 2011 music awards Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description with empty Wikidata description Spanish language Spanish ( español ) or Castilian ( castellano )
2610-694: The majority of the Spanish speakers live in Hispanic America . Nationally, Spanish is the official language—either de facto or de jure —of Argentina , Bolivia (co-official with 36 indigenous languages), Chile , Colombia , Costa Rica , Cuba , Dominican Republic , Ecuador , El Salvador , Guatemala , Honduras , Mexico (co-official with 63 indigenous languages), Nicaragua , Panama , Paraguay (co-official with Guaraní ), Peru (co-official with Quechua , Aymara , and "the other indigenous languages"), Puerto Rico (co-official with English), Uruguay , and Venezuela . Spanish language has
2668-734: The northwest of the African mainland. The Spanish spoken in the Canary Islands traces its origins back to the Castilian conquest in the 15th century , and, in addition to a resemblance to Western Andalusian speech patterns, it also features strong influence from the Spanish varieties spoken in the Americas, which in turn have also been influenced historically by Canarian Spanish. The Spanish spoken in North Africa by native bilingual speakers of Arabic or Berber who also speak Spanish as
2726-654: The other hand, currently uses the term español in its publications. However, from 1713 to 1923, it called the language castellano . The Diccionario panhispánico de dudas (a language guide published by the Royal Spanish Academy) states that, although the Royal Spanish Academy prefers to use the term español in its publications when referring to the Spanish language, both terms— español and castellano —are regarded as synonymous and equally valid. The term castellano
2784-533: The population. Many northern Moroccans have rudimentary knowledge of Spanish, with Spanish being particularly significant in areas adjacent to Ceuta and Melilla. Spanish also has a presence in the education system of the country (through either selected education centers implementing Spain's education system, primarily located in the North, or the availability of Spanish as foreign language subject in secondary education). In Western Sahara , formerly Spanish Sahara ,
2842-537: The term español (Spanish). According to the Royal Spanish Academy, español derives from the Occitan word espaignol and that, in turn, derives from the Vulgar Latin * hispaniolus ('of Hispania'). Hispania was the Roman name for the entire Iberian Peninsula . There are other hypotheses apart from the one suggested by the Royal Spanish Academy. Spanish philologist Ramón Menéndez Pidal suggested that
2900-444: The theories of Ramón Menéndez Pidal , local sociolects of Vulgar Latin evolved into Spanish, in the north of Iberia, in an area centered in the city of Burgos , and this dialect was later brought to the city of Toledo , where the written standard of Spanish was first developed, in the 13th century. In this formative stage, Spanish developed a strongly differing variant from its close cousin, Leonese , and, according to some authors,
2958-640: The third most used language on the Internet , after English and Chinese. Spanish is the official language of Spain . Upon the emergence of the Castilian Crown as the dominant power in the Iberian Peninsula by the end of the Middle Ages, the Romance vernacular associated with this polity became increasingly used in instances of prestige and influence, and the distinction between "Castilian" and "Spanish" started to become blurred. Hard policies imposing
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#17327875682103016-585: The whole of Spain, in contrast to las demás lenguas españolas (lit. "the other Spanish languages "). Article III reads as follows: El castellano es la lengua española oficial del Estado. ... Las demás lenguas españolas serán también oficiales en las respectivas Comunidades Autónomas... Castilian is the official Spanish language of the State. ... The other Spanish languages shall also be official in their respective Autonomous Communities... The Royal Spanish Academy ( Real Academia Española ), on
3074-638: The world. Spanish is well represented in the humanities and social sciences . Spanish is also the third most used language on the internet by number of users after English and Chinese and the second most used language by number of websites after English. Spanish is used as an official language by many international organizations , including the United Nations , European Union , Organization of American States , Union of South American Nations , Community of Latin American and Caribbean States , African Union , among others. In Spain and some other parts of
3132-634: Was developed in the cities of Toledo , in the 13th to 16th centuries, and Madrid , from the 1570s. The development of the Spanish sound system from that of Vulgar Latin exhibits most of the changes that are typical of Western Romance languages , including lenition of intervocalic consonants (thus Latin vīta > Spanish vida ). The diphthongization of Latin stressed short e and o —which occurred in open syllables in French and Italian, but not at all in Catalan or Portuguese—is found in both open and closed syllables in Spanish, as shown in
3190-2452: Was discontinued due to the creation of Los Premios 40 Principales América, but reemerged in 2014 as part of this new award ceremony. Year Winner Other nominees Los Premios 40 Principales España 2007 Sanalejo Andrés Cepeda Doctor Krápula Jerau Sin Ánimo de Lucro 2008 Katamarán Cabas Los de Adentro Fonseca Tinto 2009 Andrés Cepeda Jerau Santiago Cruz Mauricio & Palodeagua Fanny Lu 2010 Santiago Cruz Dragon & Caballero J Balvin Sebastian Yepes Don Tetto 2011 J Balvin Pasabordo Jiggy Dramma Cali & El Dandee The Mills Los Premios 40 Principales América 2014 Maluma Piso 21 Carlos Vives Naëla Alkilados References [ edit ] v t e LOS40 Music Awards Current awards Spanish Song Video Album Artist/Group New Artist Latin Latin Artist/Group Latin Song Latin New Artist Latin Video Urban Artist International International Album International Song International Artist International New Artist International Video America Song Album Pop Act International Song Argentine Act Chilean Act Colombian Act Costa Rican Act Ecuadorian Act Guatemalan Act Mexican Act Panamanian Act Dominican Act Paraguayan Act Special Awards Best 21st-century Spanish artist Best artist and songwriter of
3248-622: Was distinguished by a heavy Basque influence (see Iberian Romance languages ). This distinctive dialect spread to southern Spain with the advance of the Reconquista , and meanwhile gathered a sizable lexical influence from the Arabic of Al-Andalus , much of it indirectly, through the Romance Mozarabic dialects (some 4,000 Arabic -derived words, make up around 8% of the language today). The written standard for this new language
3306-713: Was followed by a vowel that did not diphthongize. The h- , still preserved in spelling, is now silent in most varieties of the language, although in some Andalusian and Caribbean dialects, it is still aspirated in some words. Because of borrowings from Latin and neighboring Romance languages, there are many f -/ h - doublets in modern Spanish: Fernando and Hernando (both Spanish for "Ferdinand"), ferrero and herrero (both Spanish for "smith"), fierro and hierro (both Spanish for "iron"), and fondo and hondo (both words pertaining to depth in Spanish, though fondo means "bottom", while hondo means "deep"); additionally, hacer ("to make")
3364-462: Was revoked by Michel Temer after the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff . In many border towns and villages along Paraguay and Uruguay, a mixed language known as Portuñol is spoken. Equatorial Guinea is the only Spanish-speaking country located entirely in Africa, with the language introduced during the Spanish colonial period . Enshrined in the constitution as an official language (alongside French and Portuguese), Spanish features prominently in
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