Tiverikoto language

Tiverikoto
Tivericoto
Native toVenezuela
RegionMonagas
Extinct(date missing)
Cariban
  • Venezuelan Carib
    • Yao–Tiverikoto?
      • Tiverikoto
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologtive1236

Tiverikoto (Tivericoto, Tiverighotto) is an extinct and poorly attested Cariban language. Terrence Kaufman placed it with Yao in his Yao group.[1]

Vocabulary

[2]
English Tiverighotto
head oputpa
eye oneama
mouth opota
foot upti
sun weh
moon niamo
star seriko
fire apoto
water tuna

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Latham, Robert Gordon (1862). Elements of Comparative Philology. Walton and Maberly.
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