Old Spanish
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Old Spanish (uncountable)
Early form of the Spanish language that was spoken on the Iberian Peninsula from the 10th century until roughly the beginning of the 15th century, before a consonantic readjustment gave rise to the evolution of Modern Spanish.
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For example, the reflex of -t was dropped in Old French and Old Spanish only around 1100.
See History of Spanish (Modern development of the Old Spanish sibilants) for details.
During this period, he made another film, in England, The Invader (released in the United States as An Old Spanish Custom in 1936).
Old Spanish and Old French preserved a reflex of final /t/ up through 1100 AD or so, and modern French still maintains final /t/ in some liaison environments.
Old Spanish similarly had fize "I did" vs. fezo "he did" (-o by analogy with amó "he loved"), but subsequently generalized stressed /i/, producing modern hice "I did" vs. hizo "he did".
Other historic designations * California Historical Landmark No. 250 – Old sites of Mission Santa Clara de Thamien and the Old Spanish Bridge See also main * USNS Mission Santa Clara (AO-132) – a Buenaventura Class fleet oiler built during World War II.