Editing Guanche language (section)

==Classification==
Guanche has not been classified with any certainty. Many [[linguistics|linguists]] propose that Guanche was likely a [[Berber language]], or at least genealogically related to the Berber languages to some extent as an [[Afroasiatic languages|Afroasiatic language]].<ref>Richard Hayward, 2000, "Afroasiatic", in Heine & Nurse eds, ''African Languages,'' Cambridge University Press</ref><ref>Andrew Dalby, ''Dictionary of Languages'', 1998, p. 88 "Guanche, indigenous language of the Canary Islands, is generally thought to have been a Berber language."</ref><ref>Bynon J., "The contribution of linguistics to history in the field of Berber studies." In: Dalby D, (editor) ''Language and history in Africa'' New York: Africana Publishing Corporation, 1970, p 64-77.</ref><ref name="Militarev 2018">{{Cite web |last=Militarev |first=Alexander |date=2018 |title=Libyo-Berbers-Tuaregs-Canarians (Tamâhaq Tuaregs in the Canary Islands in the Context of Ethno-Linguistic Prehistory of Libyo-Berbers: Linguistic and Inscriptional Evidence)|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329403424  |website=Research Gate}}</ref> However, recognizable Berber words are primarily agricultural or livestock vocabulary, whereas no Berber grammatical inflections have been identified, and there is a large stock of vocabulary that does not bear any resemblance to Berber whatsoever. It may be that Guanche had a stratum of Berber vocabulary but was otherwise unrelated to Berber.<ref name=Kossman>Maarten Kossmann, [https://www.academia.edu/8902056/Berber_subclassification_preliminary_version_ Berber subclassification (preliminary version)], Leiden (2011)</ref> Other strong similarities to the Berber languages are reflected in their counting system, while some authors suggest the Canarian branch would be a sister branch to the surviving continental Berber languages, splitting off during the early development of the language family and before the ''terminus post quem'' for the origin of Proto-Berber.<ref name="Militarev 2018"/>