Caquetio is an extinct Arawakan language of Venezuela. The Caquetio people lived along the shores of Lake Maracaibo and on the Dutch 'ABC' islands of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire.
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Native to | Venezuela, ABC islands |
Ethnicity | Caquetio people |
Extinct | 1862, with the death of Nicolaas Pyclas.[1] |
Language family | Arawakan
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ISO 639-3 | None (mis ) |
Glottolog | arub1238 Caquetio |
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