Names given to the Spanish language
Formally speaking, the national language of Spain, the official Spanish language, is the Castilian language (as opposed to regional Spanish languages like Galician, Catalan, Asturleonese and Basque). As such both names, "español" and "castellano", have distinct and independent meanings that may be required for clarity in some specific contexts.
Generally speaking, though, both terms can be used to refer to the (national) Spanish language as a whole, with a preference for one over the other that depends on the context or the speaker's origin. "Castellano" (as well as "Castilian" in English) has another, more restricted, meaning, relating either to the old Romance language spoken in the Kingdom of Castile in the Middle Ages, predecessor of the modern Spanish language, or to the variety of Spanish nowadays spoken in the historical region of Castile, in central Spain.
Guatemalan Spanish
Guatemalan Spanish () is the national variant of Spanish spoken in the Central American country of Guatemala. About 13.7 million of the 16 million population speak Spanish. It includes the use of the second-person singular personal pronoun "vos" alongside the standard Spanish second-person singular pronouns "tú" and "usted" to form a three-level system of second-person singular address.A number of words widely used in Guatemala which have Mayan or other native origins, in particular names for flora, fauna and toponyms. Some of these words are used in most, or all, Spanish-speaking countries, like "chocolate" and "aguacate" ("avocado"), and some are only used in Mexico and most Central American countries, like Guatemala and El Salvador. The latter include "guajolote" "turkey" < Nahuatl "huaxōlōtl" (although "chompipe" is also used; "pavo" is also used, as in other Spanish-speaking countries); "papalote" "kite" < Nahuatl "pāpālōtl" "butterfly"; and "jitomate" "tomato" < Nahuatl "xītomatl" . For a more complete list see List of Spanish words of Nahuatl origin. Local words include There are also many words unique to Central America, for example, "chunche" or "chochadas" or "babosadas" means "thing" or "stuff" in some places. The words used to describe children (or kids) vary among the countries in Central America; in Guatemala they are often called "patojos". Cipotes is also used in Guatemala in the eastern departments. In the western and northern departments of Guatemala "chamacos" is used to say children or kids. In Guatemala and Honduras the word "güiros" is also used. In Guatemala (also in Honduras and El Salvador) people with money are said to have "pisto", a term originally used by Maya peoples in Guatemala.