Waroid is a proposal by Granberry and Vescelius (2004) linking
Warao of
Venezuela
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with the extinct
Macoris and
Guanahatabey
The Guanahatabey (also spelled Guanajatabey) were an Indigenous people of western Cuba at the time of European contact. Archaeological and historical studies suggest the Guanahatabey were archaic hunter-gatherers with a distinct language and c ...
languages of the
Greater Antilles
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.
Languages
Granberry and Vescelius (2004) propose the following internal structure for the proposed Waroid family.
* Waroid
**
Warao
** Caribbean
***
Macoris (Macorix)
**** Upper Macoris
**** Lower Macoris
***
Guanahatabey
The Guanahatabey (also spelled Guanajatabey) were an Indigenous people of western Cuba at the time of European contact. Archaeological and historical studies suggest the Guanahatabey were archaic hunter-gatherers with a distinct language and c ...
See also
*
Pre-Arawakan languages of the Greater Antilles
Several languages of the Greater Antilles, specifically in Cuba and Hispaniola, appear to have preceded the Arawakan Taíno. Almost nothing is known of them, though a couple recorded words, along with a few toponyms, suggest they were not Arawaka ...
References
Proposed language families
Indigenous languages of the Americas
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