Yamaye
Yamaye | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| unknown, at least 3,500 people | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Jamaica, Canada, United States | |
| Languages | |
| Jamaican Patois , Jamaican English | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Arawak , Taino , Kalinago , Ciboney , Various African Tribes , Spanish , British |
[1]The Yamaye or Arawak people are the descendants of Indigenous peoples as well as Europeans and Africans that came to Jamaica.[2]
They are also known as Arawak[3] or Taíno[4] to locals. It is common to hear locals with at least one Yamaye grandparent say that they're grandparent is Arawak [5].
- ^ Allsworth-Jones, Phillip (2008). Pre-Columbian Jamaica. The University of Alabama Press. ISBN 9780817382551.
- ^ Atkinson, Lesley-Gail (2010). Taíno Influence on Jamaican Folk traditions.
- ^ "Jamaican Arawak History". diaryofanegress. 2012-09-30. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
- ^ "Arawak/Taino Cave Art of Jamaica Artist Glenn Woodley images are interpretations of the cave art found all over Jamaica. Evidence of a people long gone, and a unique and precious part of Jamaica's National Heritage". Jamaicans.com. 2004-03-26. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
- ^ "'I am not extinct' - Jamaican Taino proudly declares ancestry". jamaica-gleaner.com. Retrieved 2018-10-23.