# Shebayo language

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**Shebayo** (Saluaio[2]) is an extinct [Arawakan language](/source/Arawakan_language) of [Trinidad](/source/Trinidad)[3] and perhaps the Venezuelan coast, or in [the Guianas](/source/The_Guianas) according to [Loukotka](/source/%C4%8Cestm%C3%ADr_Loukotka), who incorrectly classified it as [Cariban](/source/Cariban_languages).[4] It is only attested by a few words in a 1633 book by [Joannes de Laet](/source/Joannes_de_Laet).[1] Aikhenvald (1999) classifies it with the [Ta-Arawakan](/source/Ta-Arawakan_languages) (Caribbean Arawakan) languages.[5]

## Vocabulary

The following is a compilation of all Shebayo vocabularies collected by Laet (1633),[1] de Goeje (1939)[6] and Taylor (1977).[2]

Shebayo vocabulary de Laet (1633) de Goeje (1939) Taylor (1977) gloss heja heja heia, heja father hamma hamma hamma mother wackewijrrij wa-ckewijrrij wackewijrrij head vvackenoely wa-ckenoey wackenoely, wackenoey ear noeyerii noeyerri noeyerri eye vvassibaly wa-ssibaly wassibaly, wassi nose darrymaily darrymaily darrymaily mouth vvadacoely wa-dacoely wadacoely teeth vvatabaye wa-tabaye watabaye legs vvackehyrry wa-ckehyrry wackehyrry feet ataly ataly ataly tree hoerapallii hoerapalli hoerapallii bow hewerry hewerry hewerry arrow kyrtryrre kyrtzyrre kyrtzyrre moon vvecoelije wecoelije wecoelije sun annoto annoto - urucu

## References

1. Laet, Johannes : de & Dusent, Cornelis Claessen (1633). [*Nouus orbis seu Descriptionis Indiae occidentalis libri 18. Authore Ioanne de Laet Antuerp. nouis tabulis geographicis et variis animantium, plantarum fructuumque iconibus illustrati*](https://books.google.com/books?id=xLF8OiAonjIC) (in Latin). apud Elzevirios. p. 642.

1. Taylor, Douglas MacRae (1977). [*Languages of the West Indies*](https://books.google.com/books?id=NtBgwgEACAAJ). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-1729-8.

1. [Aĭkhenvalʹd, A.Iu.](/source/Alexandra_Aikhenvald) (2002). [*Language Contact in Amazonia*](https://books.google.com/books?id=zrUe5BBAIJQC). Oxford University Press. p. 284. ISBN 9780199257850. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20240526104309/https://books.google.com/books?id=zrUe5BBAIJQC) 2024-05-26 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-04-10.

1. Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). [*Classification of South American Indian Languages*](https://etnolinguistica.wdfiles.com/local--files/biblio%3Aloukotka-1968-classification/Loukotka_1968_ClassSAIndLang_001_278.pdf). 4th ed. Wilbert, Johannes (ed.). Latin American Center, UCLA. p. 239. ISBN 9780879031077.

1. Dixon, Robert M. W. & Aĭkhenvalʹd, A. I︠U︡ (eds.) (2006). *The Amazonian languages*. Cambridge language surveys. Digitally printed 1st pbk. version ed. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-521-57893-6.

1. Goeje, De & H, C. (1939). ["Nouvel examen des langues des Antilles."](https://www.persee.fr/doc/jsa_0037-9174_1939_num_31_1_1984). *Journal de la société des américanistes*. **31** (1): 1–120. [doi:10.3406/jsa.1939.1984](https://doi.org/10.3406/jsa.1939.1984)

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