Gayon language explained

Gayón
Region:Western Venezuela
Extinct:early 20th century
Familycolor:American
Fam1:Jirajaran
Iso3:none
Linglist:qtp
Glotto:gayo1245
Glottorefname:Gayón
Glotto2:jira1235
Glottoname2:(bibliography)
Glottorefname2:Jirajaran

Gayón is an extinct language of western Venezuela, spoken at the sources of the Tocuyo River in the state of Lara. Other than being part of the Jirajaran family, its classification is uncertain due to a lack of data. Coyón is sometimes given as an alternative name (LinguistList), but may simply be an undocumented neighboring language (Loukotka 1968).[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Loukotka, Čestmír . Čestmír Loukotka

    . Čestmír Loukotka . Classification of South American Indian languages . registration . UCLA Latin American Center . 1968 . Los Angeles.