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So by clicking on these links you can help to support this site. Dictionary Of The Indigenous Peoples Of The Caribbean, Some General Notes About Our Finally, you get to contribute to, confirm, and at times, challenge, what the history books say about a particular area, group, or period. Baniwa of Guaina, Copyright 19982023 Simon Ager | Email: | Hosted by Kualo, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta%C3%ADno_language, https://indigenouscaribbean.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/davidcampos.pdf, http://www.native-languages.org/taino.htm. Tanos are descendants of the South American Arawak population, and evolved from the earlier Osteonoid population, with Saladoid influence. Batey was a ball game played by the Tanos, and it greatly resembles the ball game played in other indigenous groups from Central and South America, such as the Maya. Quayentered Middle English from Anglo-Norman. 1) is in the tropical region of the Americas and is made up of over 100 islands in close proximity to each other.