Lucayo

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Lucayo was a Taino dialect spoken in the Bahamas by the Taino natives. The word for this dialect is derived from Lu= White and Cayo= Keys of Earth. This dialect is a subcategory in the Maipurean family of related indigenous languages. The Maipurean family of languages is broken into 3 branches in the Northern Maipurean area. Taino falls under the Maritime branch which is later divided into three more areas. Taino respectively falls under Ta-Maipurean. It is no longer a spoken language today since many Taino’s were forced under British rule to learn the English language and the customs.

[edit] Bibliography

• Carrada, A. "The Dictionary of Taino Language-Notes." Alfred-Carrada The Dictionary of Taino Language. 2003. November 6, 2007. http://www.alfredcarrada.org/index.html