Tiverikoto language
| Tiverigoto | |
|---|---|
| Tivericoto, Tiverighotto | |
| Native to | Venezuela |
| Region | Monagas |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
| 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 Terrence Kaufman placed it with Yao in his Yao group,[1][2] but his classification is outdated.[3] Today, it is grouped with Wayana in the Guiana Carib branch.[4]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
[edit]| English | Tiverighotto |
|---|---|
| head | oputpa |
| eye | oneama |
| mouth | opota |
| foot | upti |
| sun | weh |
| moon | niamo |
| star | seriko |
| fire | apoto |
| water | tuna |
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Glottolog 5.2 - Tiverighotto". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
- ^ Latham, Robert Gordon (1862). Elements of Comparative Philology. Walton and Maberly.
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