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Guanches (979 words) |
 | Guanches (also: Guanchis or Guanchos) (native Guanchinet; Guan=person, Chinet=Teneriffe[?], man of Teneriffe, corrupted, according to Núñez de la Peña[?], by Spaniards into Guanchos), were the aboriginal inhabitants of the Canary Islands. |
| Strictly the Guanches were the primitive inhabitants of Teneriffe, where they seem to have preserved racial purity to the time of the Spanish conquest, but the name came to be applied to the indigenous populations of all the islands. |
| Such remains as there are of their language, a few expressions and the proper names of ancient chieftains still borne by certain families, connect it with the Berber dialects. |
| Guanche language: Information from Answers.com (322 words) |
| Guanche is an extinct language spoken by the Guanches of the Canary Islands. |
| The language became extinct in the 16th or 17th century. |
| The first reliable account of Guanche language was provided by Genovese explorer Nicoloso da Recco in 1341, with a translation of the numbers from 1-16 used by the inhabitants of one island, possibly Fuerteventura. |
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