Tiverikoto language

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Tiverigoto
Tivericoto, Tiverighotto
Native to Venezuela
Region Monagas
Extinct (date missing)
Cariban
  • Guiana Carib
    • Wayana–Tiverigoto
      • Tiverigoto
Language codes
ISO 639-3 None (mis)
qa7
Glottolog tive1236

Tiverikoto (Tivericoto, Tiverighotto) is an extinct and poorly attested Cariban language. Terrence Kaufman placed it with Yao in his Yao group, [1] [2] but his classification is outdated. [3] Today, it is grouped with Wayana in the Guiana Carib branch. [4]

Vocabulary

Tiverighotto vocabulary [5]
EnglishTiverighotto
headoputpa
eyeoneama
mouthopota
footupti
sunweh
moonniamo
starseriko
fireapoto
watertuna

References

  1. ↑ Kaufman, Terrence (1994). Moseley, Christopher; Asher, R.E. (eds.). Atlas of the World's Languages. New York: Routledge. pp. 73–74. ISBN   0-415-01925-7.
  2. ↑ Kaufman, Terrence (2007). "South America". In Asher, R. E.; Moseley, Christopher (eds.). Atlas of the World's Languages (2nd ed.). London: Routledge. pp. 59–94. ISBN   978-0-415-31074-1.
  3. ↑ Gildea, Spike; Payne, Doris (August 2007). "Is Greenberg's "Macro-Carib" viable?". Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas. 2 (2): 19–72. doi: 10.1590/S1981-81222007000200003 . ISSN   1981-8122.
  4. ↑ "Glottolog 5.2 - Tiverighotto". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
  5. ↑ Latham, Robert Gordon (1862). Elements of Comparative Philology. Walton and Maberly.
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