1. Guanche - Noun
2. Guanche - Proper noun
Guanche (plural Guanches)
An aboriginal inhabitant originally of the island of Tenerife only, but now often of extinct pre-Hispanic population of the Canary Islands in general.
Guanche
The language of the Guanches, believed to belong to the Berber family.
All deceased people within the Guanche culture were mummified during this time, though the level of care taken with embalming and burial varied depending on individual social status. Source: Internet
Middle Ages Fernández de Lugo presenting the captured Guanche kings of Tenerife to Ferdinand and Isabella, 1497 Before the eleventh century, most of North-West Africa was a Berber-speaking Muslim area. Source: Internet