Sunday, November 11, 2007

Taino Indians


Tainos were pre- Columbian indigenous inhabitants of the Bahamas, and some Greater Antilles, and some of the Lesser Antilles. It is believed that the seafaring TaĆ­nos were relatives of the Arawakan people of South America. Their language is a member of the Maipurean linguistic family, which ranges from South America across the Carribean, and is thought to have been part of the larger, hypothetical group of Arawakan languages that would have spread over an even wider area." wikipedia

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