Shebayo language

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Shebayo
Saluaio
Native toTrinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Venezuela ?
RegionTrinidad
Eraattested 1633[1]
Arawakan
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologsheb1234
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  Shebayo

Shebayo (Saluaio[2]) is an extinct Arawakan language of Trinidad[3] and perhaps the Venezuelan coast, or in the Guianas according to Loukotka, who incorrectly classified it as Cariban.[4] It is only attested by a few words in a 1633 book by Joannes de Laet.[1] Aikhenvald (1999) classifies it with the Ta-Arawakan (Caribbean Arawakan) languages.[5]

Vocabulary

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The following is a compilation of all Shebayo vocabularies collected by Laet (1633),[1] de Goeje (1939)[6] and Taylor (1977).[2]

Shebayo vocabulary
de Laet (1633) de Goeje (1939) Taylor (1977) gloss
heja heja heia, heja father
hamma hamma hamma mother
wackewijrrij wa-ckewijrrij wackewijrrij head
vvackenoely wa-ckenoey wackenoely, wackenoey ear
noeyerii noeyerri noeyerri eye
vvassibaly wa-ssibaly wassibaly, wassi nose
darrymaily darrymaily darrymaily mouth
vvadacoely wa-dacoely wadacoely teeth
vvatabaye wa-tabaye watabaye legs
vvackehyrry wa-ckehyrry wackehyrry feet
ataly ataly ataly tree
hoerapallii hoerapalli hoerapallii bow
hewerry hewerry hewerry arrow
kyrtryrre kyrtzyrre kyrtzyrre moon
vvecoelije wecoelije wecoelije sun
annoto annoto - urucu

References

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