ISO 639-3 · tnqtnq
Ta-Arawakan family · extinct or historical language
Taíno
Taíno is an extinct or historical language of the Ta-Arawakan branch, spoken in The Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Turks and Caicos Islands and United States. Wikidata describes it as “Arawakan language; the principal language throughout the Caribbean at the time of Spanish contact”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
tnq- Glottocode
tain1254- Family
- Ta-Arawakan
- EGIDS
- 9 Dormant
- Wikipedia
- 28 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
4countries
—scripts
1levels in the tree
9EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Taíno |
|---|---|
| Also called | Taino, Taíno language, Taino language, tnq |
| Kind | extinct or historical language |
Vitality
EGIDS 9 Dormant9
Dormant or extinct. No fluent first-language speakers remain — EGIDS 9 and 10.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Ta-Arawakan to Taíno
The branches above Taíno, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
5Ta-ArawakanfamilytnqTaínolanguage
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
