Ciguayo language
| Ciguayo | |
|---|---|
| Siwayo | |
| Native to | Dominican Republic |
| Region | Samaná Peninsula |
| Ethnicity | Ciguayos |
| Extinct | 16th century |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
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| Glottolog | None |
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.
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.