Insular Tamazight
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Insular Tamazight is the extinct Berber language once spoken by the indigenous Guanche people of the Canary Islands.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Berber language
ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Guanche
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guanche language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | indigenous culture of the Canary Islands ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | poorly attested ⓘ |
| country | Spain ⓘ |
| documentationType |
early Spanish and Latin sources
ⓘ
personal names ⓘ short word lists ⓘ toponyms ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupAssociated | Guanche people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| extinctByCentury |
16th century
ⓘ
17th century ⓘ |
| extinctionStatus | extinct ⓘ |
| glottocode | guan1277 ⓘ |
| hasAncestor | Proto-Berber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
lexical similarities with Central Atlas Tamazight
ⓘ
lexical similarities with Kabyle ⓘ lexical similarities with Tarifit ⓘ |
| influenced |
Canarian Spanish toponymy
ⓘ
place names in the Canary Islands ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | gnc ⓘ |
| languageContactWith |
Castilian colonists
ⓘ
Old Spanish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Afroasiatic languages ⓘ |
| languageOf | pre-Hispanic Canary Islands ⓘ |
| region |
Macaronesia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Spanish language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchField |
Berber studies
ⓘ
Canarian historical linguistics ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Guanche people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Canary Islands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
El Hierro NERFINISHED ⓘ Fuerteventura NERFINISHED ⓘ Gran Canaria NERFINISHED ⓘ La Gomera NERFINISHED ⓘ La Palma NERFINISHED ⓘ Lanzarote NERFINISHED ⓘ Tenerife NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| statusInModernTimes | subject of reconstruction and scholarly study ⓘ |
| subfamily | Berber languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgroup | Northern Berber languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeDepth | pre-colonial period of the Canary Islands ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script (post-contact transcriptions)
ⓘ
oral tradition (no native script attested) ⓘ |
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