HUN-2125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Demigod, Traditionalist Catholic, Guanches
12 Sep 2016
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It is said that the dialect is influenced by caribbean and south american spanish due to the immigration of the canarians to the americas over the centuries. The language is also similar to the language spoken in cuba, puerto rico, venezuela and the. Which means it is a fusion between portuguese and spanish. The origin of this dialect dates back to before the conquest of the canary islands by the. Most of those who conquered it were from andalusia and portugal. This dialect was spoken in pre-hispanic population, called guanches. Today, this dialect does not survive in everyday language, but it is still used for terms related to names of plants, animals, and livestock. Cesar manrique, a famous canarian artist and architect born in arrecife in 1919, whose main focus is canarian art is seen as a demigod of canarian culture.
