Spanish CLEP-- Castillian vs. Latin American?

[sanantone]

¡No hay problema!

"You say 'español'
I say 'castellano'
Let's call the whole thing off." (With apologies to "tomato/tomato" authors George and Ira Gershwin)

I found an article that explains the usages, here: Names given to the Spanish language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It shows which countries prefer each name and the history of the whole thing. I was interested to see that Colombia used the word "castellano" in its 1991 constitution. My granddaughter has a friend her age, (15) who came here from Colombia when she was about 11. She's perfectly familiar with either term, of course.

Here's an opening quote from an article on Colombian Spanish: El Castellano (Español) es la lengua oficial de la república de Colombia...

It's here: Lenguaje Colombia - Idioma en Colombia - Castellano, Dialectos, Lenguas Indigenas, Ingles

I've always been fascinated with all aspects of languages.

Johann

That map makes sense of everything. Being that I'm from Texas, I pretty much only hear Mexican and Tex-Mex dialects.