I KNOW in Spain Castilian is THE model, all others are regional variations. From Wordnik.com. [Differences in prononciation of certain consonants...] Reference
Model B is bilingual: the students study half of the subjects in Castilian, the other half in Basque. From Wordnik.com. [Web Translations » Blog Archive » Anyone for a glass of kalimotxo and a pintxo?] Reference
With Model A, students receive the majority of their lessons in Castilian, and learn Basque as a separate subject. From Wordnik.com. [Web Translations » Blog Archive » Anyone for a glass of kalimotxo and a pintxo?] Reference
The flowers, called Castilian roses, were from the bishop's home and not native to Tepeyac. From Wordnik.com. [seMissourian.com Headlines] Reference
It is called Castilian something or other, and at the price it is unequalled for flavour and bouquet. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Treasure Seekers] Reference
Because Cortes departed for Mexico from Cuba it seems unlikely that truly "Castilian" women join him. From Wordnik.com. [Soldaderas - Mexican women at war] Reference
Here is the news in Castilian for 1492. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-01-11] Reference
"No danger!" repeated she, in her sonorous Castilian. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348] Reference
Cæsar to be released from Medina, a Castilian place. From Wordnik.com. [Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day] Reference
Eddy street, and at the Castilian, at 344 Sutter street. From Wordnik.com. [Bohemian San Francisco Its restaurants and their most famous recipes—The elegant art of dining.] Reference
"Per Bacco!" said he, "are you a Venetian or a Castilian husband?". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Mahomet to sacrifice his life to take that of the Castilian invader. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
Languages: Castilian Spanish (official) 74\%, Catalan 17\%, Galician. From Wordnik.com. [The 2001 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Castilian Spanish 74\%, Catalan 17\%, Galician 7\%, Basque 2\%; note. From Wordnik.com. [The 2007 CIA World Factbook] Reference
That, however, the Castilian name should be employed later, is curious. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 227, March 4, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.] Reference
Valdes, Diego Flores de, admiral of the Castilian squadron of the Armada. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima] Reference
Thus some of the Delcasars who boasted of their pure Castilian blood were really of. From Wordnik.com. [The Blood of the Conquerors] Reference
I have laboured at the Court of the Castilian sovereigns, coming and going between the. From Wordnik.com. [Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings] Reference
Castilian is the official language nationwide; the other languages are official regionally. From Wordnik.com. [The 2007 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Southern city has come tumultuously down through the lines of Castilian and Saxon and Gaul. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas] Reference
For this reason, the Castilian conquerors, who penetrated first from Coro to the banks of the. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845.] Reference
His proposal was acceded to, and the Castilian monarch received several towns as the dowry of the. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Moors of Spain] Reference
The inhabitants of Seville lost all hope after this occurrence, and surrendered to the Castilian monarch. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Moors of Spain] Reference
Even when you shall make saddle thees old Castilian stock, it will make large -- it will become a balloon!. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories of Various Types] Reference
There followed a rapid talk, in the Castilian tongue, between him and the captain, and the latter then said. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls on Waters Blue Or the Strange Cruise of the Tartar] Reference
This he did with the help of the Castilian party, who hoped to profit by the services of the famous condottiere. From Wordnik.com. [Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day] Reference
'If you make your fortune there, you always go back to England and say that by right you are a Castilian noble.'. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
Well-versed in the Castilian, he also displays a familiarity with the Cantabrian tongue -- that strange and difficult. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847] Reference
As soon as the fight began, a courier was sent to Castilian Springs, a distance of only five miles, for reinforcements. From Wordnik.com. [Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive] Reference
Here was Prescott's History of the Conquest, translated into choice Castilian, and Señor Ramirez his comments thereupon. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865] Reference
Many of them residing near the Spanish settlements are quick at learning Castilian sufficiently well to be understood, but the. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
After the kingdom had passed into the hands of the Christians, the castle was occasionally inhabited by the Castilian monarchs. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8] Reference
It could not have been applied to describe a Castilian, as it was confined to the inhabitants of Murcia, Andalusia, Valencia, and la. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844] Reference
Castilian is spoken by the upper and commercial classes; the lower and agricultural employ a dialect resembling that of the Catalans. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
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