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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Taino culture and language is not extinct! #203396 11/21/2011 3:36 PM Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 3 New York Iukibuel stranger Iukibuel stranger Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 3 New York Anu Garg cited today that the Taino people and its language is extinct. Well, I am a Taino indigenous person residing in NYC and often meet with my fellow tribal sisters and brothers. We are still here and have a right to exist. I ask that Anu Garg revise the column. In addition, the word Cacike is still being used and practiced. Iukibuel Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Taino culture and language is not extinct! Iukibuel #203398 11/21/2011 3:55 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water It is still found in some text books that after Columbus the Taino died off due to disease. The question, of course, is your native tongue still spoken in any form by your kin? Anu says that is what is extinct. Last edited by LukeJavan8; 11/21/2011 4:03 PM. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Taino culture and language is not extinct! LukeJavan8 #203399 11/21/2011 4:15 PM Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 3 New York Iukibuel stranger Iukibuel stranger Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 3 New York It is being spoken. Due to the oppression by the Spanish Crown and later governments, the indigenous fled to remote places in the islands and there the language was safeguarded. Presently, there are many dictionaries published and being published re: Taino language, which Columbus described as the most beautiful of languages. There are many villages in the Greater/lesser Antilles and South America that the language thrives. This is what I thought was offensive: ETYMOLOGY: Via Spanish from Taino cacike (chief). Earliest documented use: 1555. Taino is an extinct member of the Arawakan language family spoken in the West Indies. Thank you for comments. Iukibuel Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Taino culture and language is not extinct! Iukibuel #203400 11/21/2011 4:20 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water So it is being preserved in its current form, and spoken in various places. I understand your objection, at least from your point of view, and appreciate your comments. Thank you. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Taino culture and language is not extinct! Iukibuel #203401 11/21/2011 6:49 PM Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 132 goofy member goofy member Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 132 Originally Posted By: Iukibuel It is being spoken. Is it being spoken as a native language? Ethnologue says no; but there still exists a "Spanish-Taino mixed language" - a creole I guess. Last edited by goofy; 11/21/2011 6:50 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Taino culture and language is not extinct! goofy #203402 11/21/2011 6:57 PM Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 3 New York Iukibuel stranger Iukibuel stranger Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 3 New York There are many who are speaking it and are trying to teach others. Many of the taino words were adopted into the Spanish and English languages, ie canoe, tobacco. Iukibuel Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Taino culture and language is not extinct! Iukibuel #203403 11/21/2011 7:17 PM Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 132 goofy member goofy member Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 132 I'm surprised to hear that Taino is still spoken. According to this article in published by Caribbean Amerindian Centrelink, the last speakers probably died in the mid to late nineteenth century. You should contact this organization. Last edited by goofy; 11/21/2011 7:18 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Taino culture and language is not extinct! Iukibuel #203415 11/22/2011 12:13 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 There's an article about the Taíno in the October Smithsonian magazine. The words hammock, barbecue and hurricane are also mentioned. I haven't read the article yet but it's next on my list. Welcome, Iukibuel. Stick around. The more viewpoints we have the better we see. 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