Yavitero language

E155586

The Yavitero language is an extinct Arawakan language once spoken by the Yavitero people along the Orinoco River region of Venezuela and Colombia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Yavitero language canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arawakan language
extinct language
associatedRiverBasin Orinoco Basin
belongsToPhylum Arawakan languages
surface form: Arawakan
classificationStatus well-attested Arawakan language
continent South America
country Venezuela
surface form: Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

Colombia
surface form: Republic of Colombia
documentationStatus poorly documented
ethnicGroup Yavitero people
extinctionStatus no known fluent speakers
glottologCode yavi1253
glottologName Yavitero
hasAlternativeName Javitero
Yavitero
surface form: Yabitero

Yavitero
surface form: Yaviteru
isIndigenousTo Orinoco Basin
surface form: Orinoco River region
ISO639-3Code yvt
isPartOf Arawak
surface form: Northern Arawak branch
languageFamily Arawakan languages
languageFamilyBranch Upper Orinoco Arawakan
linguisticTypology indigenous language of South America
macroArea South America
neighboringLanguages other Arawakan languages of the Orinoco region
region Orinoco Basin
surface form: Orinoco River region
spokenAlong Orinoco River
spokenIn Colombia
Venezuela
status extinct
subfamily Arawakan languages
surface form: Northern Arawakan languages
usedBy Yavitero people
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arawakan languages hasLanguage Yavitero language
Maipurean languages member Yavitero language