Download or read book Hiwatahia: Hekexi Taino Language Reconstruction written by Jorge Estevez and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is not a revival of the ancient Classic Taino Arawak language but rather a reconstruction. Its main objective is to give Caribbean people of Indigenous Taino descent the option to learn a non-settler language. By borrowing words from closely related languages mixed in with carefully analyzed documented surviving Taino/Campesin words, we were able to complete this ambitious work. Overall this language is By Taino; for the Taino people. We hope that our ancestors are proud of our humble effort.