Guanche > LINGUIST List Language Search
Name:
Guanche
Type:
Language
Once Spoken in:
Spain
Code:
gnc
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
LINGUIST List
Families:
Afro-Asiatic
Parent Subgroup:
Guanche (guan)
Brief Description:
An extinct language spoken in Canary Islands. Very little was recorded of the language, so its relationships are still under dispute, though it is probably related to the Berber languages, and thus Afroasiatic: the Genovese explorer Nicoloso da Recco recorded the numbers from 1-16 from one dialect in 1341, and these show strong similarities to Berber. Until c 1600 AD.
Linguist List Status: Extinct Ethnologue Status: Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
Linguist List Status: Extinct Ethnologue Status: Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Map of Guanche
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