Shebaya language - Wikipedia

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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.

Shebaya
Shebayo
Native to	Trinidad
Extinct	before the 20th century^[1]
Language family	Arawakan Northern Ta-Arawakan Shebaya
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (`mis`)
Linguist List	`qk3`
Glottolog	None

References

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^ 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.

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