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Caquetio language

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Native to
  
Venezuela, ABC islands

ISO 639-3
  
None (mis)

Ethnicity
  
Caquetio people

Glottolog
  
arub1238  (Aruba)

Extinct
  
1862, with the death of Nicolaas Pyclas.

Language family
  
Arawakan Northern Ta-Arawakan Caquetio

Caquetio is an extinct Arawakan language of Venezuela. The Caquetio people lived along the shores of Lake Maracaibo and on the Dutch 'ABC' islands of Aruba, CuraƧao and Bonaire.

References

Caquetio language Wikipedia