La historia de Español - A history of the evolution of the beautiful language of Spanish- EPD 90
ESPAÑOL POR DENTRO by SIDDHARTH CHANDRASHEKHAR
Episode notes
What have been the major events in history that have shaped Spanish language? How did "España" get it's name? How did Arabic heavily influence Spanish during Spain’s centuries under Muslim rule. To know the answeres to these questions, one should read the fascinating book The Story of Spanish. Co-authored by Jean-Benoît Nadeau and Julie Barlow, the book charts the origins of the Spanish language.
In this interview I speak with Jean and Julie, and try to get into their minds while they wrote this book.
The book is available on the following Amazon link