Nin, Leonardo W.2020-10-092020-112020-09-282020Nin, Leonardo W. 2020. Language of the Voiceless: Traces of Taino Language, Food, and Culture in the Americas From 1492 to the Present. Master's thesis, Harvard Extension School.https://nrs.harvard.edu/URN-3:HUL.INSTREPOS:37365626My thesis will demonstrate a broad impact of Taino language and culture on the languages of the Americas following the European invasion based on linguistic evidence from first-hand accounts of explorers, invaders, priests and indigenous scribes in the first fifty years after European contact.application/pdfhigüera, jícara, Cuba, cazabe, Axaruco, Guanahatabey, canoa, piragua, naguas, cacique, maíz, Jamaica, yuca, seboruco, bejuco, macana, henequén, mamey, sabana, naboria, ceiba, tabaco, barbacoaThesis or Dissertation2020-10-09