Notas sobre la aspiración en los guanchismos

Abstract

This paper aims to approach the first problem of Guanche linguistics: how to read correctly the Guanche words in the Romance historical sources. The study of the main works about Spanish historical linguistics and the analysis of some true meaning Guanche words seem to prove that the graphemes g (before i, e), j and x conserved their medieval sibilant value up to mid-17th century. After this moment, they represented the same value as the ancient f and h: /h/, also discussed here. The results allow us to establish some new etymologies and propose some hypotheses about the Guanche historical consonantism, perceiving differences between the islands.