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That's a good question! The truth is Catalan Spanish (European Spanish), was heavily influenced by the Moors, an Arab group of people who lived in modern day Spain in the Middle Ages. So in the end, Spanish is a mix of Arabic, Latin, and other local pagan tribe languages that were prevelent at the time.

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