Devil, Mabuya, E.
Vocabulary Of The Cairi Of Trinidad Island, 1594.
This Dialect of the aruac is the nearest geographically to the Eyeri, and yet very different; nearer in words to the Aruac of the Continent. Therefore the Aruac and Taino altho' belonging to the same group, are distinct Languages, and the two people had been separated for ages.
Dudley collected in 1594, about 55 words of it, which are in Purchas, yet have been neglected by all the Philologists. Out of these 27 are in my Taino List, and offer 16 affinities, equal to 56 per cent. The remainder 27, lack there and cannot be compared; but afford a kind of supplement to it.
16 Comparable Words Akin In Both.
Man, Guttemock.
Woman, Hiaru.
Heaven, Huihua.
Gold, Calcoari.
Maize, Mauris.