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
linked to: Arawakan languages
classificationStatus well-attested Arawakan language
continent South America
country Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
linked to: Venezuela

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

Yaviteru
linked to: Yavitero
isIndigenousTo Orinoco River region
linked to: Orinoco Basin
ISO639-3Code yvt
isPartOf Northern Arawak branch
linked to: Arawak
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 River region
linked to: Orinoco Basin
spokenAlong Orinoco River
spokenIn Colombia
Venezuela
status extinct
subfamily Northern Arawakan languages
linked to: Arawakan languages
usedBy Yavitero people
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

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