And during this war, Catalonia fell to Felipe V's Franco-Castilian army after 15-month siege.

在这场战争中，经历了长达15个月的围城战，加泰罗尼亚最终落入腓力五世之手。

This period gave rise to several regional languages in the area that's now Spain, including Castilian, Catalan and Galician.

这一时期，在现在的西班牙地区产生了几种区域性语言，包括卡斯蒂利亚语、加泰罗尼亚语和加利西亚语。

They have collected some interesting linguistic titbits. Castilian was probably influenced by Old Basque.

作者收集了一些有趣的语言学趣闻。卡斯提语很有可能为巴斯克古语所影响。

In the Americas, it would take centuries for Castilian to become universal.

在美洲，卡斯提语用了几个世纪才得到普及。

Nor was it ever obvious that Castilian would one day become Spanish.

并且当时也很难想象卡斯提语有朝一日会成为西班牙语。

The language, called Silbo Gomero, was based on Castilian Spanish.

这种名为 Silbo Gomero 的语言以卡斯蒂利亚西班牙语为基础。

King Alfonso X (1221- 84) vigorously promoted scholarly translations into Castilian as well as Latin—a rarity in his time.

阿方索五世国王（1221-84）积极推动卡斯提语和拉丁语的学术翻译-这一点在当时非常罕见。

The group joins the procession to the Castilian Spring, where the Pythia performs a purification ceremony to prepare for a day of prophecy.

他们一行人加入了前往卡斯塔里亚圣泉的队伍，皮媞亚将在这里履行净化仪式，为一天的预言做好准备。

That language was Castellano, or Castilian, from the Kingdom of Castile, which was centrally located in Spain and home to Madrid.

这种语言是来自于卡斯蒂利亚王国的卡斯蒂利亚语，它位于西班牙的中心位置，是马德里的所在地。

The simple sound system is probably a result of Castilian's quick rise, when many speakers would have learned it as a second language, shaving away complexity.

这一简单的发声体系的形成很可能是由于卡斯提语的迅速崛起，当时很多操这种语言的人以第二语言习之，剔除了语言复杂的成分。