Guanche
E661565
Guanche is an extinct Berber-related language once spoken by the indigenous Guanche people of the Canary Islands before Spanish colonization.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Guanche (historical) | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
extinct language
ⓘ
language ⓘ |
| associatedReligion | indigenous Guanche religion ⓘ |
| associatedWith | pre-Hispanic culture of the Canary Islands ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | poorly documented ⓘ |
| continent | Africa (geographically, via Canary Islands) ⓘ |
| country | Spain ⓘ |
| culturalContext | language of the indigenous population before Castilian rule ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | fragmentary ⓘ |
| endonymStatus | original autonym uncertain ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Guanche people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| evidenceType |
comparative Berber linguistics
ⓘ
historical records ⓘ onomastic data ⓘ |
| extinctionCause |
Spanish colonization of the Canary Islands
ⓘ
language shift to Spanish ⓘ |
| glottologStatus | listed as an extinct Berber-related language ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsIn |
Canarian Spanish
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
place names of the Canary Islands ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of Canary Islands cultural heritage ⓘ |
| influenced |
Canarian Spanish personal names
ⓘ
Canarian Spanish toponymy ⓘ |
| ISOStatus | no ISO 639-3 code (often treated under Berber macrolanguage) ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Afroasiatic languages
ⓘ
Berber languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageShiftTo | Spanish ⓘ |
| lexicalEvidence |
known from a small corpus of vocabulary lists
ⓘ
known from early Spanish chronicles ⓘ known from personal names ⓘ known from toponyms in the Canary Islands ⓘ |
| linguisticRelation |
possibly closest to Zenaga and other western Berber varieties
ⓘ
related to Berber languages of North Africa ⓘ |
| nameUsedBy | Spanish chroniclers ⓘ |
| region |
El Hierro
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fuerteventura NERFINISHED ⓘ Gran Canaria NERFINISHED ⓘ La Gomera NERFINISHED ⓘ La Palma NERFINISHED ⓘ Lanzarote NERFINISHED ⓘ Tenerife NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Canary Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| supersededBy | Spanish in everyday use ⓘ |
| timePeriod | spoken before and during early Spanish conquest (15th–16th centuries) ⓘ |
| typologicalFeatures | likely shared features with other Berber languages ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script (post-contact transcriptions)
ⓘ
oral tradition (pre-contact) ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Guanche (historical)