Castellano is another name for European Spanish. Spanish is spoken in Spain because it originated there.
A "Castellano" is a person from the area of Castile (Castilla) in Spain. The speak the Castellano dialect (Castilian Spanish) which is considered the proper form of Spanish, the equivalent of the "Kings English", if you will.
'¿Hablas Castellano?' is Spanish for 'Do you speak Castilian?' Note: Most English-speakers call Castillian as Spanish.
he is spain so he speaks castellano known as spanish
In Argentina, Spanish is referred to as castellano (unlike Mexico and Central America, where it is called español).
Spanish is also called Castellano because of a region of Spain called "Castilla" where Spanish language started around 800 C.E. Many Spaniards from other parts of Spain such as Galicia, Asturias, Basque Country, Valencia, the Balaeric Islands, and most certainly Cataluña take offense to the idea that their endemic languages are not considered "Spanish" because they are part of Spain and are just as old as Castillian (Castellano).
The region of "Castilla" in Spain
Castellano typically refers to a collection of European Spanish dialects that are spoken in Northern and Central Spain. Grammar and pronunciation can vary between European Spanish dialects and Mexican Spanish dialects.
... Spanish. Other languages spoken in Spain are the two primary dialects of Spanish, Castellano and Aragonese. Catalan is also spoken in Spain as is Occitan.
They speak Spanish, of course, of the Castillian variety, that is, "castellano."
There were two kingdoms, Spain - King Fernando, and Castilla - Quenn Elizabeth, it was before Cristobal Colon, the genovese 'Italiano', that , they say, discovered the Americas. They married, making Spain a single Kingdom, this means castellano is a dialect - variant of Spanish
Espanol It depends. The official language of Spain is "castellano", or Castillian. King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, of the province of Castile, led the fight against the Moors, who were in Spain from 711 - 1492. After the expulsion of the Moors, "castellano" became the dominant dialect and is what we now call Spanish. Most Latin American countries, feeling no attachment to Castile, do not call their language castellano; they call it espanol. Interestingly, Chileans also call the language "castellano."