Taíno

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arawakan people
Indigenous people
affectedBy Old World diseases
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

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Puerto Rican Spanish hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Taíno languages
linked to: Taíno
Caribbean hasEthnicGroup Indigenous Caribbean peoples
linked to: Taíno
Puerto Ricans hasAncestry Taíno people
linked to: Taíno
Pre-Columbian era includesCivilization Taino people
linked to: Taíno
Pre-Columbian era includesCivilization Arawak peoples
linked to: Taíno
Dominican Republic hasCulturalInfluenceFrom Taíno peoples
linked to: Taíno
Raíces Fountain depicts Taíno people
linked to: Taíno
Arawakan languages hasLanguage Taíno language
linked to: Taíno
Lucayan Archipelago namedAfter Lucayan people
linked to: Taíno
Lucayan Archipelago hasHistoricalInhabitants Lucayan people
linked to: Taíno
Indigenous peoples of the Americas includesEthnicGroup Taíno
Spanish conquest of Cuba mainBelligerent Taíno people
linked to: Taíno
Ciboney language spokenBy Ciboney people
linked to: Taíno
Ciboney language alternativeName Ciboney
linked to: Taíno
Ciboney language alternativeName Ciboneyan
linked to: Taíno
Guanahani culturalContext Taíno-speaking Lucayan culture
linked to: Taíno
Caguax ethnicity Taíno
Caguax culture Taíno culture
linked to: Taíno
Caguax language Taíno language
linked to: Taíno
Haitians ethnicOrigin Indigenous Taíno
linked to: Taíno
Coat of arms of Jamaica featuresSupporter Taino woman
linked to: Taíno
Arawak relatedEthnicGroup Taíno
Bomba hasCulturalRootsIn Taíno people
linked to: Taíno
Cuban Spanish hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Taíno language
linked to: Taíno
Dominicans historicalInfluence Taíno culture
linked to: Taíno
Eastern Jamaica hasEthnicInfluence Indigenous Taíno
subject linked to: eastern Jamaica
linked to: Taíno
Boca de Guamá hasCulturalTheme Taíno culture
linked to: Taíno