Pre-Arawakan languages of the Greater Antilles

Pre-Arawakan languages of the Greater Antilles
(cultural / historical)
Geographic
distribution		Greater Antilles
Linguistic classificationunclassified
(not known to be related to each other)
Subdivisions
Language codes
GlottologNone
Languages of the pre-Columbian Antilles
Ciboney Taíno, Classic Taíno, Shebaya, and Iñeri were Arawakan. Karina and Yao were Cariban. Guanahatabey, Macoris, and Ciguayo are unclassfied.

Several languages of the Greater Antilles, specifically in Cuba and Hispaniola, appear to have preceded the Arawakan Taíno. Almost nothing is known of them, though a couple recorded words, along with a few toponyms, suggest they were not Arawakan or Cariban, the families of the attested languages of the Antilles. Three languages are recorded: Guanahatabey, Macoris (or Macorix, apparently in two dialects), and Ciguayo.

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