Canarian Spanish - wikipedia Canarian Spanish Canarian Spanish ( Spanish : español de las Canarias, español canario, habla canaria, isleño, dialecto canario or vernacular canario ) is a variant of standard Spanish spoken in the Canary Islands by the Canarian people. The variant is similar to the Andalusian Spanish variety spoken in Western Andalusia and ( especially ) to Caribbean Spanish and other Hispanic American Spanish vernaculars because of Canarian emigration to the Caribbean and Hispanic America over the years. Canarian Spanish, therefore, heavily influenced the development of Caribbean Spanish and other Latin American Spanish vernaculars. Hispanic America and the Spanish - speaking Caribbean islands were originally largely settled by colonists from the Canary Islands and Andalusia so the dialects of the region, including the standard language, were already quite close to Canarian and Andalusian speech. In the Caribbean, Canarian speech patterns were never regarded as either foreign or very different from the local accent. The incorporation of the Canary Islands into the Crown of Castile began with Henry III ( 1402 ) and was completed under the Catholic Monarchs. The expeditions for their conquest started off mainly from ports of Andalusia, which is why the Andalusians predominated in the Canaries. There was also an important colonising contingent from Portugal in the early conquest of the Canaries, along with the Andalusians and the Castilians from mainland Spain. In earlier times, Portuguese settled alongside the Spanish in the north of Gran Canaria, but they died off or were absorbed by the Spanish. The population that inhabited the islands before the conquest, the Guanches, spoke a variety of Berber ( also called Amazigh ) dialects. After the conquest, the indigenous Guanche language was rapidly and almost completely eradicated in the archipelago. Only some names of plants and animals, terms related to cattle ranching and numerous island placenames survive. Their geographic situation made the Canary Islands receive much outside influence, causing drastic cultural changes, including linguistic ones. As a result of heavy Canarian emigration to the Caribbean, particularly during colonial times, Caribbean Spanish is strikingly similar to Canarian Spanish. Contents 1 Grammar 2 Pronunciation 3 Vocabulary 4 See also 5 References 6 Bibliography Grammar As is the case with most varieties of Spanish outside Mainland Spain, the preterite is generally used instead of the perfect. For example, hoy visité a Juan ( ' today I visited John ' ) instead of hoy he visitado a Juan ( ' today I have visited John ' ). As is the case with most varieties of Spanish outside of central and northern Spain, Canarians use ustedes for all second person plurals. Thus, instead of saying vosotros estáis, they say ustedes están. Only in few areas of the islands of El Hierro, La Palma and La Gomera the pronoun vosotros is decreasingly used, generally only by some older speakers. In La Gomera and some parts of La Palma, ustedes vos vais is used. Archaic forms like vaivos are still used in some parts. As is the case with most varieties of Spanish outside of mainland Spain, in some diminutives, syllables are suppressed. Example : cochito instead of cochecito for small car, or florita instead of florecita. Disappearance of de ( `` of '' ), in certain expressions, as is the case with many varieties of Spanish outside mainland Spain : casa Marta instead of casa de Marta, gofio millo instead of gofio de millo, etc. Pronunciation The most distinctive non-mainland ( and Andalusian ) Spanish characteristic is seseo ; the lack of distinction between the pronunciation of the letters < s > and < z > or `` soft '' < c >, so that caza ( ' hunt ' ) is pronounced exactly like casa ( ' house ' ). The feature is common to most parts of the Spanish - speaking world outside of the northern three quarters of Spain ( Castile and the surrounding provinces that have adopted a similar way of speaking ). / s / debuccalization. The phoneme / s / is debuccalized to ( h ) in coda position, as is common in Andalusia, Extremadura, and Murcia, as well as many parts of Spanish America. / x / ( spelled as < j >, or as < g > before < e > or < i > ) is usually aspirated ( pronounced ( h ) ), as is common in Andalusia ( especially the western part ), as well as in many parts of Hispanic America. Word - final / n / is realized as velar ( ŋ ). Vocabulary The Canarian vocabulary has a notable influence from the Guanche language, especially in the toponymy. In addition, many Canarian names come from the Guanche language, such as Airam, Gara, Acerina, Beneharo, Jonay, Tanausú, Chaxiraxi, Ayoze and Yaiza. See also Nationalisms and regionalisms of Spain References Jump up ^ `` Faculte des arts Faculty of Arts '' ( PDF ). Uottawa.ca. Retrieved 2015 - 04 - 30. Jump up ^ The term Guanche originally referred to the aborigines of Tenerife, but nowadays it is used commonly to refer also to the aborigines of the rest of the islands. Jump up ^ `` The Canarian Spanish Dialect ''. Archived from the original on 2012 - 07 - 30. Retrieved 2016 - 01 - 09. Jump up ^ `` On the biological basis of gender variation : Verbal ambiguity in Canarian Spanish Almeida Sociolinguistic Studies ''. Equinoxjournals.com. Retrieved 2015 - 04 - 30. Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Jump up ^ `` What did sociolinguistics ever do for language history ? : The cont... '' ingentaconnect. 2006 - 01 - 01. Retrieved 2015 - 04 - 30. Jump up ^ `` Biblioteca Virtual Universal '' ( PDF ). Biblioteca.org.ar. Retrieved 2015 - 04 - 30. Jump up ^ `` Episcopal Conferences : Historical, Canonical, and Theological Studies - Thomas J. Reese - Google Books ''. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2015 - 04 - 30. Jump up ^ ( 2 ) Bibliography Navarro Carrasco, Ana Isabel ( 2003 ), El atlas de Canarias y el diccionario académico, Publicaciones Universidad de Alicante, ISBN 978 - 8479082864 Languages of Spain Official / national Spanish ( aka Castilian ) Regional / minority languages Co-official Basque Catalan / Valencian Galician Occitan Aranese Recognised Aragonese Asturian / Leonese Unrecognised languages Gomeran whistled language Hispano - Arabic Hispano - Berber Ibero - Romani Caló Erromintxela Judaeo - Spanish Varieties of the Spanish languages Cultural languages Classical Greek & Latin English French German Immigrant / expatriate languages Arabic Bulgarian Chinese English Italian French German Portuguese Romanian Russian Ukrainian, etc. Standard forms Castilian Spanish Asturian Basque Catalan / Valencian Galician Sign languages Spanish Sign Language Catalan Sign Language Valencian Sign Language Varieties of Spanish by continent Africa Canarian Equatoguinean Americas ( Pan-American ) Caribbean Cuban Dominican Puerto Rican Central America Belizean Costa Rican Guatemalan Honduran Nicaraguan Pachuco Panamanian Salvadoran North America American Caló ( Chicano ) New Mexican Puerto Rican Isleño Mexican South America Amazonic Andean Bolivian Chilean Chilote Chiloé Archipelago Colombian Cordobés Central Argentina Cuyano Central western Argentina Equatorial Coastal Ecuador Llanero Los Llanos Colombia / Venezuela Maracucho Zulia State Paisa Paisa Region Paraguayan Peruvian Ribereño Coastal Peru Rioplatense Coastal Argentina Uruguayan Venezuelan Asia Philippine Europe ( Peninsular ) Andalusian Canarian Castilian Castrapo ( Galicia ) Castúo ( Extremadura ) Murcian spoken by Catalan speakers Other Standard Caló ( Para-Romani ) Judaeo - Spanish Palenquero ( creole ) Chavacano ( creole ) Llanito Papiamento ( Portuguese - based creole with Spanish influence ) Extinct Mediaeval Cocoliche and Lunfardo Coastal Argentina, Uruguay Malespín Central America Bozal Cultural domain of Canary Islands History Guanches Pre-colonial times Conquest Treaty of Alcáçovas First Battle of Acentejo Kingdom of the Canary Islands Battle of Aguere Second Battle of Acentejo Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife ( 1657 ) Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife ( 1797 ) Spanish transition Autonomous community Canarian Parliament Languages Guanche Canarian ( Spanish ) Gomeran Whistle Mythology Gara and Jonay Achamán Achuguayo Achuhucanac Chaxiraxi Chijoraji Guayota Magec Maxios Tibicena Sports Bola canaria Canarian wrestling Juego del Palo Salto del pastor Open Gran Canaria Island Open Lanzarote Island Open Costa Adeje Cuisine Almogrote Canarian arepa Canarian wrinkly potatoes Gofio Malvasia Majorero Miel de palma Mojo Pasteles Ropa vieja Sancocho Sangria Tropical beer Wines Musical instruments Chácaras Timple Traditions Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife Carnival of Las Palmas Bajada ( festival ) Cavalcade of Magi Holy Week Virgin of Candelaria Cristo de La Laguna Akelarre Symbols places of the Canary Islands Teide Auditorio de Tenerife Garajonay Caldera de Taburiente Spanish diaspora By country Africa Equatorial Guinea Asia Philippines Europe France Germany Sweden United Kingdom Jews North America Belize Canada Costa Rica Cuba Guatemala Honduras Jamaica Mexico Trinidad and Tobago United States Asturian Basque Canarian ( in Louisiana ) Catalan Galician Hispano Puerto Rico Oceania Australia New Zealand South America Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Peru Uruguay Venezuela See also Conquest of the Canary Islands Isleño Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Canarian_Spanish&oldid=834044589 '' Categories : Canarian culture Spanish dialects Hidden categories : All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from April 2015 All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from July 2017 Articles with unsourced statements from April 2009 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Languages Català Deutsch Ελληνικά Español Estremeñu Français Italiano Nederlands Português Русский 3 more Edit links This page was last edited on 3 April 2018, at 17 : 13. 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Question: what type of spanish is spoken in the canary islands
Answer: Canarian Spanish