How similar/different are people from Canary Islands from Spain? (best, country)
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How similar/different are people from Canary Islands from Spain?
I spent about six months in the Valencia area. My impression of Spaniards from that area, were they spoke fast, didn't have much interest in foreigners, a bit 'northern' in style. Northern meaning, didn't seem like 'warm Latinos' like I'd feel I'd meet when dealing with Latin Americans. Otherwise I liked it well enough.
How about the Canary Islands? Are the people quite a bit different from the people in Spain? How so? Etc.?
I am not sure, but do the people of the Canary Islands have some Gauche (sp?) or native Canary Islander blood in them?
Anyway, what I do know is that the Spanish spoken in the Canary Islands is compared to that in Andulucia and almost spoken with a Latin America twist to it, opposed to the standard Castilian spoken around Madrid.
I am not sure, but do the people of the Canary Islands have some Gauche (sp?) or native Canary Islander blood in them?
Anyway, what I do know is that the Spanish spoken in the Canary Islands is compared to that in Andulucia and almost spoken with a Latin America twist to it, opposed to the standard Castilian spoken around Madrid.
There seems to be some interesting data DNA hologrouping....while most comes from Spain, there also seems to be some Northwest Africa represented, mostly Morocco, it seems.
It looks like the main islands like Tenerife and Gran Canaria have the least NW Africa percentage-wise, around 10-12%...and La Gomera Island has 42%...I think those stats are of people with some of the blood. (So probably not full-on).
But interesting to hear about and read about Guanches and the Canary Islands.
I am not sure, but do the people of the Canary Islands have some Gauche (sp?) or native Canary Islander blood in them?
Anyway, what I do know is that the Spanish spoken in the Canary Islands is compared to that in Andulucia and almost spoken with a Latin America twist to it, opposed to the standard Castilian spoken around Madrid.
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Canarian dialect is very similar to Cuban dialect spoken in the countryside, in places like Las Palmas it's quite difficult to tell apart. Also similar to the Venezuelan dialect and exactly like the Spanish spoken in Louisiana, Tampa and Key West. Canarians have been present in Louisiana since 1770.
The "Guanches" were the original settlers of the islands before the colonization of 1450. As to Canarians having "guanche" blood, they look pretty Spanish to me except for their accent.
Canarian dialects sound more like Cuban or Venezuelan than to Andalusian, but of course, there are differences among the seven islands.
Hi Tiger, i´m from Valencia, i think isn´t the nicest region in Spain, in terms of sympathy, but i don´t think you go to find a little l. America in Canarias either, maybe some "flavors" in the accent or on climate (maybe in the music too). I´ve never been in Canarias, but my best friend was there last year and she came saying that she was disappointed in that sense, she though that the people would be super friendly, and found them more or less like here. So, i don´t know...i hope you will tell us your experience.
How similar/different are people from Canary Islands from Spain?
I spent about six months in the Valencia area. My impression of Spaniards from that area, were they spoke fast, didn't have much interest in foreigners, a bit 'northern' in style. Northern meaning, didn't seem like 'warm Latinos' like I'd feel I'd meet when dealing with Latin Americans. Otherwise I liked it well enough.
How about the Canary Islands? Are the people quite a bit different from the people in Spain? How so? Etc.?
Not fundamentally different, but yes, you may find people in the Canary Islands a bit closer to the more stereotypical latino character that you expected.
This is a very rough comparison, but the Canary Islands are to Spain a bit what Hawaii is to the US.
Canarians are more similar to their descents in America, mainly Cuba, Venezuela and USA than to "peninsulares". I think that, as ethnic group, they are the ones that have changed less in America. The Canarian descents still living in Louisiana or Key West speak Canarian, sing Canarian songs and are entirely Canarian and they arrived before the American Independence.
In America, they are called "isleños", or "islenos" in American English.
Canarians and their descendants have not a very "latino" character, they are reserved, very stubborn.
Canarians are more similar to their descents in America, mainly Cuba, Venezuela and USA than to "peninsulares". I think that, as ethnic group, they are the ones that have changed less in America. The Canarian descents still living in Louisiana or Key West speak Canarian, sing Canarian songs and are entirely Canarian and they arrived before the American Independence.
In America, they are called "isleños", or "islenos" in American English.
Canarians and their descendants have not a very "latino" character, they are reserved, very stubborn.
Many peasants of Canarian stock in Cuba are no different from Leander Perez, the "Perezbiterian". They eveen founded a KKK chapter in Camagüey.
Others Islenos couldn't care less about race, "the Isleno's curse" in Key West.
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