Shebaya language

Shebaya
Native to Trinidad
Extinct before the 20th century[1]
Arawakan
Language codes
ISO 639-3 None (mis)
Linguist list
qk3
Glottolog None

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 Caribbean Arawakan languages.

References

  1. Aĭkhenvalʹd, A.I.U. (2002). Language Contact in Amazonia. Oxford University Press. p. 284. ISBN 9780199257850. Retrieved 2015-04-10.


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