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English wins by about 300 years. The history of English is dated from around 450, while the history of Spanish as distinct from Latin does not begin until the 8th Century, and the National standard, Castillian, did not exist until much later.

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The English language is older than the Spanish language. English evolved from the Anglo-Saxon dialects spoken in England, while Spanish developed from Latin spoken in the Iberian Peninsula. The Anglo-Saxon settlement in England occurred before the Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula.

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