Shebayo language

Shebayo
Saluaio
Native toTrinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Venezuela ?
RegionTrinidad
Eraattested 1633
Arawakan
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologsheb1234
  Shebayo

Shebayo (Saluaio) is an extinct Arawakan language of Trinidad and perhaps the Venezuelan coast, or in the Guianas according to Loukotka, who incorrectly classified it as Cariban. It is only attested by a few words in a 1633 book by Joannes de Laet. Aikhenvald (1999) classifies it with the Ta-Arawakan (Caribbean Arawakan) languages.

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