Taíno
E4202
The Taíno were an Indigenous Arawakan-speaking people of the Caribbean, especially the Greater Antilles, whose culture and language significantly influenced the region before and after European contact.
Observed surface forms (8)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lucayan people | 2 |
| Taíno people | 2 |
| Arawak peoples | 1 |
| Indigenous Caribbean peoples | 1 |
| Taino people | 1 |
| Taíno language | 1 |
| Taíno languages | 1 |
| Taíno peoples | 1 |
Statements (65)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arawakan people
ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ |
| affectedBy |
Old World diseases
ⓘ
Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish colonization
enslavement ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| culturalContinuity | surviving descendants in Caribbean ⓘ |
| culturalInfluenceOn |
Caribbean cuisine
ⓘ
Caribbean languages ⓘ Caribbean place names ⓘ Caribbean religious practices ⓘ |
| culturalPractice |
areíto (ceremonial song-dance)
ⓘ
ball game in batey ⓘ |
| dwellingType |
bohío (circular house)
ⓘ
caney (rectangular chief’s house) ⓘ |
| economy | horticulture ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf | Caribbean ⓘ |
| firstContactWithEuropeans | Christopher Columbus ⓘ |
| firstContactYear | 1492 ⓘ |
| influencedLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| inhabitedRegion |
Bahamas
ⓘ
Cuba ⓘ Greater Antilles ⓘ Hispaniola ⓘ Jamaica ⓘ Puerto Rico ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Arawakan languages ⓘ |
| leaderTitle | cacique ⓘ |
| loanwordInEnglish |
barbecue
ⓘ
canoe ⓘ hammock ⓘ hurricane ⓘ |
| loanwordInSpanish |
barbacoa
ⓘ
hamaca ⓘ huracán ⓘ maíz ⓘ tabaco ⓘ |
| mainCrop |
cassava
ⓘ
maize ⓘ sweet potato ⓘ |
| mainFoodSource |
fishing
ⓘ
gathering wild plants ⓘ hunting ⓘ |
| materialCulture |
canoes
ⓘ
cotton hammocks ⓘ duho (ceremonial stool) ⓘ zemí carvings ⓘ |
| modernDescendantCommunities |
Cuba
ⓘ
Dominican Republic ⓘ Jamaica ⓘ Puerto Rico ⓘ United States diaspora ⓘ |
| populationTrendAfterContact | sharp decline ⓘ |
| practicedReligion | Taíno religion ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | Indigenous people of the Caribbean ⓘ |
| religion | polytheism ⓘ |
| socialClass |
behique (shamans)
ⓘ
naboría (commoners) ⓘ nitaíno (nobility/warriors) ⓘ |
| socialStructure | chiefdoms ⓘ |
| spokeLanguage | Taíno language ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Post-contact Caribbean colonial period
ⓘ
Pre-Columbian era ⓘ |
| villageCenterStructure | batey (plaza/ball court) ⓘ |
| worshippedDeityType | zemí spirits ⓘ |
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Taíno people
this entity surface form:
Taíno people
this entity surface form:
Taíno peoples
this entity surface form:
Indigenous Caribbean peoples
this entity surface form:
Lucayan people
this entity surface form:
Taíno language
this entity surface form:
Taíno languages
this entity surface form:
Taino people
this entity surface form:
Arawak peoples
this entity surface form:
Lucayan people