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Shebaya language

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Native to
  
Trinidad

Linguist list
  
qk3

ISO 639-3
  
None (mis)

Glottolog
  
None

Extinct
  
before the 20th century

Language family
  
Arawakan Northern Ta-Arawakan Shebaya

Shebaya (Shebaye, Shebayo) is an extinct Arawakan language of Trinidad and perhaps the Venezuelan coast. It is only attested by a few words. Aikhenvald (1999) classifies it with the Caribbean Arawakan languages.

References

Shebaya language Wikipedia