Ciguayo language

Ciguayo
Siwayo
Native toDominican Republic
RegionSamaná Peninsula
EthnicityCiguayos
Extinct16th century
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
0yv
GlottologNone
Precolombian languages of the Antilles.
  Ciguayo
Ciboney Taíno, Classic Taíno, Iñeri, and Shebaya were Arawakan, Karina and Yao were Cariban. Guanahatabey, Macorix, and Ciguayo are unclassified.

Ciguayo (Siwayo) was the language of the Samaná Peninsula of Hispaniola (now the Dominican Republic) at the time of the Spanish Conquest. The Ciguayos appear to have predated the agricultural Taíno who inhabited much of the island. The language appears to have been moribund at the time of Spanish contact, and within a century it was extinct.[1][2]

Ciguayo was spoken on the northeastern coast of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Magua from Nagua southward to at least the Yuna River, and throughout the Samana Peninsula.[3]

  1. ^ Granberry, Julian (2012). "Lenguas indígenas del caribe" (PDF). Cuba Arqueológica. 5 (1): 5–11.
  2. ^ Guitar, Lynne (2005). "Following Linguistic Trails across Half a Millennium Provides New Answers to Old Questions". H-LatAm (H-Net).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Granberry-Vescelius was invoked but never defined (see the help page).