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| Macaronesian | |
| Spoken in: | Macaronesia |
| Timeline/Universe: | League of Lost Languages |
| Total speakers: | 19,500 |
| Genealogical classification: | Hesperic
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| Jörg Rhiemeier | 2002- |
Macaronesian is a subbranch of South Albic. The Macaronesian languages are spoken in Macaronesia. They are, generally speaking, the most conservative Albic languages in terms of morphology, though they have substantially innovated in terms of phonology (they are tonal and have simplified consonant clusters).
Classification
The Macaronesian branch consists of five languages: Azorese (spoken in the Azores), Madeirese (spoken in Madeira), Canarian (spoken in the Canary Islands), Sajelvirin (spoken by maritime nomades areound the Canary Islands) and Caboverdese (spoken in the Cape Verde Islands).
