Tiverikoto language

Tiverigoto
Tiverigoto
Tivericoto, Tiverighotto
Native to	Venezuela
Region	Monagas
Extinct	(date missing)
Language family	Cariban Guiana Carib Wayana–Tiverigoto Tiverigoto; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Linguist List	qa7
Glottolog	tive1236

Extinct Cariban language of Venezuela

Tiverikoto (Tivericoto, Tiverighotto) is an extinct and poorly attested Cariban language. Terrence Kaufman placed it with Yao in his Yao group,^[1]^[2] but his classification is outdated.^[3] Today, it is grouped with Wayana in the Guiana Carib branch.^[4]

Vocabulary

Tiverighotto vocabulary^[5]
English	Tiverighotto
head	oputpa
eye	oneama
mouth	opota
foot	upti
sun	weh
moon	niamo
star	seriko
fire	apoto
water	tuna

References

^ Kaufman, Terrence (1994). Moseley, Christopher; Asher, R.E. (eds.). Atlas of the World's Languages. New York: Routledge. pp. 73–74. ISBN 0-415-01925-7.
^ Kaufman, Terrence (2007). "South America". In Asher, R. E.; Moseley, Christopher (eds.). Atlas of the World's Languages (2nd ed.). London: Routledge. pp. 59–94. ISBN 978-0-415-31074-1.
^ Gildea, Spike; Payne, Doris (August 2007). "Is Greenberg's "Macro-Carib" viable?". Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas. 2 (2): 19–72. doi:10.1590/S1981-81222007000200003. ISSN 1981-8122.
^ "Glottolog 5.2 - Tiverighotto". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
^ Latham, Robert Gordon (1862). Elements of Comparative Philology. Walton and Maberly.

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[1] Kaufman, Terrence (1994). Moseley, Christopher; Asher, R.E. (eds.). Atlas of the World's Languages. New York: Routledge. pp. 73–74. ISBN 0-415-01925-7.

[2] Kaufman, Terrence (2007). "South America". In Asher, R. E.; Moseley, Christopher (eds.). Atlas of the World's Languages (2nd ed.). London: Routledge. pp. 59–94. ISBN 978-0-415-31074-1.

[3] Gildea, Spike; Payne, Doris (August 2007). "Is Greenberg's "Macro-Carib" viable?". Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas. 2 (2): 19–72. doi:10.1590/S1981-81222007000200003. ISSN 1981-8122.

[4] "Glottolog 5.2 - Tiverighotto". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2025-09-18.

[5] Latham, Robert Gordon (1862). Elements of Comparative Philology. Walton and Maberly.