abstract:Castilian Spanish is a term related to the Spanish language, but its exact meaning can vary even in that language. In English, Castilian Spanish usually refers to the variety of European Spanish spoken in northern and central Spain or as the language standard for radio and TV speakers.
The Castilian-derivedSpanish (called both español andcastellanointhelanguage itself) istheofficiallanguagethroughout Spain, butother regional languages are also spoken.
The whistled language of La Gomera Island in the Canaries, the Silbo Gomero, replicates the islanders' habitual language (Castilian Spanish) with whistling.
As part of a new law to promote Catalan instead of CastilianSpanish, Mr Pujol has been trying to make cinemas show at least a quarter of their films in Catalan.