| Macorix | |
|---|---|
| Mazorij | |
| Native to | Dominican Republic, possibly neighboring Haiti |
| Region | two populations: northern coast, bordering the Peninsula of Samaná |
| Ethnicity | Macorix |
| Extinct | 16th century |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | None |
 Precolombian languages of the Antilles.
Macorix
Ciboney Taíno, Classic Taíno, and Iñeri were Arawakan, Karina and Yao were Cariban. Guanahatabey, Ciguayo, and Macorix are unclassified. | |
Macorix (also spelled Maçorís or Mazorij) was the language of the northern coast of what is today the Dominican Republic. Spanish accounts only refer to three languages on the island: Taíno, Macorix, and neighboring Ciguayo. The Macorix people appear to have been semi-sedentary and their presence seems to have predated the agricultural Taíno who came to occupy much of the island. For the early European writers, they shared similarities with the nearby Ciguayos.[1] Their language appears to have been moribund at the time of the Spanish Conquest, and within a century it was extinct.[2]
- ^ García Bidó, Rafael (2010). Voces de bohío Vocabulario de la cultura taína. Santo Domingo, DR: Archivo General de la Nación. pp. 7, 25, 32. ISBN 978-9945-020-95-3.
- ^ Wilson, Samuel M. (1999). Cultural Pluralism and the Emergence of Complex Society in the Greater Antilles. XVIII International Congress for Caribbean Archaeology. St. George's, Grenada: University of Texas, Department of Anthropology. Retrieved January 31, 2016.