Ciguayo (Siwayo) was the language of the Samaná Peninsula of Hispaniola (now the Dominican Republic) at the time of the Spanish Conquest. The Ciguayos...
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Dominican Republic. The Ciguayos appear to have predated the agricultural Taíno who inhabited much of the island. Ciguayo language was spoken on the northeastern...
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rivers. The peninsula was originally inhabited by the Ciguayos, who spoke the Ciguayo language at the time of Spanish intervention. The main roads are...
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attested languages of the Antilles. Three languages are recorded: Guanahatabey, Macoris (or Macorix, apparently in two dialects), and Ciguayo. There were...
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early European writers, they shared similarities with the nearby Ciguayos. Their language appears to have been moribund at the time of the Spanish Conquest...
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Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean (section Ciguayo)
Greater Antilles and the Bahamas, the Kalinago of the Lesser Antilles, the Ciguayo and Macorix of parts of Hispaniola, and the Guanahatabey of western Cuba...
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language went extinct in western Cuba. Other Caribbean languages died out including the Macorix language in northern Hispaniola and Ciguayo language of...
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(2004) speculate that the extinct Ciguayo language of Hispaniola might have its most likely relatives in the Tolan languages. Proto-Jicaque reconstructions...
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Dominican Republic (redirect from Languages of Dominican Republic)
used instead of "Dominicans". The word "Quisqueya" derives from the Ciguayo language, and means "mother of the lands". It is often used in songs as another...
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Consciously devised language Endangered language – Language that is at risk of going extinct Ethnologue#Language families Extinct language – Language that no longer...
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Yaguan, Yáwan, Peban) Pijao† Pre-Arawakan languages of the Greater Antilles (Guanahatabey, Macorix, Ciguayo) † (Cuba, Hispaniola) Puelche (Chile) (also...
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Chiefdoms of Hispaniola (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
by the Taíno inhabitants of Hispaniola (Taíno: Haití, Babeque, Bohío; Ciguayo: Quisqueya) in the early historical era. At the time of European contact...
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Guanahatabey (Guanajatabey) was the language of the Guanahatabey people, a hunter-gatherer society that lived in western Cuba until the 16th century. Very...
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Indigenous peoples of the Americas (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
the northern Lesser Antilles, the Kalinago of the Lesser Antilles, the Ciguayo and Macorix of parts of Hispaniola, and the Guanahatabey of western Cuba...
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Hispaniola (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
Higuey (Caizcimu), Magua (Huhabo), Ciguayos (Cayabo or Maguana), and Marien (Bainoa). Many distinct Taíno languages also existed in this time period. There...
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List of Indigenous names of Caribbean islands (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
the Caribbean. The first migration was of pre-Arawakan people like the Ciguayo who most likely migrated from Central America. The second major migration...
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religions and cultures like the Kalinago or Igneri, the Macorix, the Siwayo or Ciguayo, and the Guanahatabey. As well, Taino religion developed over time. Columbus...
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List of Taínos (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
"The Haiti Support Group". September 21, 2016. "Dictionary of the Taino Language". taino-tribe.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 June 2020. Arasibo Indian Village...
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Samaná (town) (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
where he met the Ciguayos who presented him with the only violent resistance he faced during this visit to the Americas. The Cigüayos had refused to trade...
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Caribbean (category Articles containing Spanish-language text)
World Bank Group: Arawak peoples Igneri Taíno Caquetio people Ciboney Ciguayo Garifuna Kalina Kalinago Lucayan Macorix Raizal At the time of European...
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Afro-Haitians (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
Constitutional law. The Island of Ayiti was inhabited by the Arawak Peoples: Taino, Ciguayo and the Siboney. Italian explorer Christopher Columbus sighted the Island...
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total 238 languages. Indigenous languages European language dialects Pidgin languages Indigenous languages Indigenous languages European language dialects...
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This is a list of extinct languages of Central America and the Caribbean, languages which have undergone language death, have no native speakers, and...
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Dominican Spanish (category Language articles with IETF language tag)
American countries, completely replaced the indigenous languages (Taíno, Macorix and Ciguayo) of the Dominican Republic to the point where they became...
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Classification of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas (category Indigenous languages of the Americas)
Antilles, c. 1000–300 BCE Guanahatabey (Guanajatabey), Cuba, 1000 BCE Ciguayo, Hispaniola Ortoiroid, c. 5500–200 BCE Coroso culture, Puerto Rico, 1000...
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List of Indigenous peoples (category CS1 Norwegian Bokmål-language sources (nb))
neo-Taino-Siboney nations of the island of Cuba. Lucayans: Based in the Bahamas Ciguayo: Eastern Hispaniola Macorix: Hispaniola Guanahatabey: Western Cuba Oceania...
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Voyages of Christopher Columbus (category Articles containing Italian-language text)
the ensuing clash one Ciguayo was stabbed in the buttocks and another wounded with an arrow in his chest. Because of the Ciguayos' use of arrows, Columbus...
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Christopher Columbus (category Articles containing Italian-language text)
Hispaniola. There he encountered the Ciguayos, the only natives who offered violent resistance during this voyage. The Ciguayos refused to trade the amount of...
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Samaná Province (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
white sands of Bay of Rincón. At that time, Samaná was occupied by the Ciguayo tribe and the first hostile encounter between Europeans and natives occurred...
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Captaincy General of Santo Domingo (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
into conflict. The more rapacious men began to terrorize the Taíno, the Ciguayos, and the Macorix people. The powerful Cacique Caonabo of the Maguana Chiefdom...
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