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Gayon language

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

Gayónis an extinct language of westernVenezuela,spoken at the sources of theTocuyo Riverin the state ofLara.Other than being part of theJirajaran family,its classification is uncertain due to a lack of data.Coyónis 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.