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(Redirected from Shebayo language) Extinct Arawakan language of Trinidad
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Shebaya
Shebayo
Native toTrinidad and Tobago, Venezuela ?
RegionTrinidad
Extinctbefore the 20th century
Language familyArawakan
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Linguist Listqk3
GlottologNone

Shebaya (Shebaye, Shebayo) is an extinct Arawakan language of Trinidad and perhaps the Venezuelan coast. It is only attested by a few words. Aikhenvald (1999) classifies it with the Ta-Arawakan (Caribbean Arawakan) languages.

References

  1. Aĭkhenvalʹd, A.Iu. (2002). Language Contact in Amazonia. Oxford University Press. p. 284. ISBN 9780199257850. Archived from the original on 2024-05-26. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
Arawakan (Maipurean) languages
Northern
Caribbean
Palikuran
Pidjanan
Upper Amazon
Western Nawiki
Eastern Nawiki
Central Upper Amazon
Manao
Southern
Western
Central Maipurean
Piro
Bolivia–Parana
Campa
Macro-Arawakan

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