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Canary Islanders, or Canarians (Spanish: canarios), are the people of the Canary Islands, an autonomous community of Spain near the coast of Northwest Africa.The distinctive variety of the Spanish language spoken in the region is known as habla canaria (Canary speech) or the (dialecto) canario (Canarian dialect).
Related ethnic groups Berbers , Canary Islanders The Guanche were the indigenous inhabitants of the Spanish Canary Islands , located in the Atlantic Ocean some 100 kilometres (60 mi) to the west of modern Morocco and the North African coast. [ 1 ]
The original Canary Islander recruits came mainly from the islands of Tenerife and Gran Canaria with the remainder from Lanzarote, La Gomera, and La Palma. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 5 ] St. Bernard Parish Historian William de Marigny Hyland has located the origin of many descendants to the single location of Icod de los Vinos on the island of Tenerife.
The Spanish conquest of the Canary Islands had only recently occurred (1402–1496), when Columbus made a stopover in the Canary Islands for supplies in 1501. Also in 1501 (possibly 1502), Nicolás de Ovando left the Canary Islands with a group of people heading to the island of Hispaniola .
The Canary Islands are an archipelago, or island chain, in the Macaronesia region of the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of North Africa. They are one of 17 autonomous communities of Spain. [1] The demographics of the Canary Islands are concentrated in the largest islands of Tenerife and Gran Canaria.
Related ethnic groups Canarians , Guanches , Louisiana Isleños , Louisiana Creoles , Spanish Americans , Californios , Tejanos , Nuevomexicanos , Berber Americans Canarian Americans ( Spanish : Americanos Canarios ) are Americans whose ancestors came from the Canary Islands , Spain .
The Canary Islands (/ k ə ˈ n ɛər i /, Spanish: Canarias, Spanish: [kaˈnaɾjas]), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish region, autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are 100 kilometres (62 miles) west of Morocco.
Guanche is an extinct language or dialect continuum that was spoken by the Guanches of the Canary Islands until the 16th or 17th century. It died out after the conquest of the Canary Islands as the Guanche ethnic group was assimilated into the dominant Spanish culture.