To be more precise or possibly pedantic, Spanish (or Castilian, castellano) is a language which has developed from a relatively early form of Latin (earlier than the varieties which developed into Catalan, Italian or French), with a Celtic substratum and Germanic and Arabic superstrata as a result of the subsequent invasions by the Visigoths and Arabs respectively. The many varieties of Spanish spoken in the Americas also show influences from native American languages and in some places (particularly Colombia and Argentina) from Italian as a result of substantial Italian emigration in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.