Guanche language
E170965
Guanche language was the now-extinct indigenous Berber-related language once spoken by the original inhabitants of the Canary Islands before Spanish colonization.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Guanche language canonical | 4 |
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Afroasiatic language
ⓘ
Berber language ⓘ extinct language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Guanche
ⓘ
Guancho ⓘ Insular Tamazight ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | poorly attested ⓘ |
| continent | Africa (insular margin) ⓘ |
| country | Spain ⓘ |
| documentedAs |
anthroponyms
ⓘ
toponymic records ⓘ word lists ⓘ |
| documentedBy |
Spanish chroniclers
ⓘ
missionaries ⓘ |
| era | before Spanish colonization of the Canary Islands ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Guanche people ⓘ |
| extinction | 17th century ⓘ |
| glottologCode | guan1277 ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsIn |
Canarian Spanish
ⓘ
toponyms of the Canary Islands ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature | Berber-like nominal morphology (reconstructed) ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | presence of emphatic consonants (reconstructed) ⓘ |
| influencedBy | contact with early Spanish ⓘ |
| languageCodeISO3 | gnc ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Afroasiatic languages
ⓘ
Berber languages ⓘ |
| lexicalSimilarity | Berber languages of North Africa ⓘ |
| region | Canary Islands ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Canarian Spanish
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish language
|
| sourceOfWord |
"Adeje"
ⓘ
Arona ⓘ
surface form:
"Arona"
Alegranza ⓘ
surface form:
"Gáldar"
"Tamarán" ⓘ "Tegueste" ⓘ Teguise ⓘ
surface form:
"Teguise"
Telde ⓘ
surface form:
"Telde"
Tenerife ⓘ
surface form:
"Tenerife"
"gofio" ⓘ "tabaiba" ⓘ "tajinaste" ⓘ "teide" ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
El Hierro
ⓘ
Fuerteventura ⓘ Gran Canaria ⓘ La Gomera ⓘ La Palma ⓘ Lanzarote ⓘ Tenerife ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
no native writing system attested ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.