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Gayon language

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Gayón
RegionWestern Venezuela
Extinctearly 20th century
Jirajaran
  • Gayón
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
qtp
Glottologgayo1245
jira1235  (bibliography)

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]

References

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  1. ^ Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.