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Guanches

Native inhabitants of the Canary Islands

Entitysubethnic groupQ219995

Instance of: subethnic group
Subclass of: Berbers

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The Guanches were the indigenous inhabitants of the Canary Islands, located in the Atlantic Ocean some 100 kilometres (60 mi) to the west of modern Morocco and the North African coast. The islanders spoke the Guanche language, which is believed to have been related to the Berber languages of mainland North Africa. The language became extinct in the 17th century, several generations after the completion of the conquest of the Canary Islands by the Catholic Monarchs of Spain.

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Indigenous to: Canary Islands
Members / parts: Q5746999
Tenerife Guanches
bimbache
Q5882570
Majos
Language used: Guanche
Religion or worldview: Guanche mythology

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11 identifiers linking Guanches across the web's reference databases

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