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Yavitero Indian Language

Yavitero is an extinct Arawakan language of South America, once spoken in Venezuela. It is closely related to the still-living Baniva language. Yavitero was a polysynthetic language with predominantly SVO word order.



˜Yavitero Language Resources –

Yavitero Vocabulary:
    Our list of vocabulary words in the Yavitero language, with comparison to words in other Arawakan languages.
La Lengua Yaviteró:
    Yavitero language information. Page in Spanish.
Ethnologue: Yavitero:
    Demographic information on the Yavitero language.

˜Books For Sale On The Yaviteros –

Comparative Arawakan Histories: Rethinking Language Family and Culture Area in Amazonia:
    Anthropology book on the Yavitero and other Arawakan tribes of the Amazon.
Native American Books:
    Evolving list of books about Native Americans in general.



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