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Is "Guanches" a bad word now we are replacing with "Canarian"? So far as I know the latter term is for modern people of the Canary Islands and the former is a c
by twelvechairs 3y ago
Is "Guanches" a bad word now we are replacing with "Canarian"? So far as I know the latter term is for modern people of the Canary Islands and the former is a clear term not "early Canarians" "the first Canarians" etc as used here
- usrusr 3y agoI just read it as easy language. Guanches is a term few people understand unless they've been at least a visitor, whereas Canary Islands is much more widely known. But apparently there's more to it: in the language the term comes from, it specifically means person from Tenerife. So yes, we might consider it respectful to not refer to people on ancient El Hierro as Guanche. You might want to take a look at how es.wikipedia is linked from en.wikipedia. As a tourist to Tenerife, I didn't know about the nuance myself, before today's wiki dive.
- Bloomy22 3y agoNo countryman from the Canary Islands refers to himself as Guanche, not even those born in Tenerife. Generally, "guanche" is the name that we Canarians use to refer to the ancient inhabitants of the islands (those that the Spanish colonizers encountered during their Conquest).