Shebayo (Saluaio) is an extinct Arawakan language of Trinidad. It is only attested by a few words in a 1633 book by Joannes de Laet. Aikhenvald (1999) classifies it with the Ta-Arawakan (Caribbean Arawakan) languages.
Vocabulary The following is a compilation of all Shebayo vocabularies collected by Laet (1633), de Goeje (1939) and Taylor (1977). +Shebayo vocabularyde Laet (1633)de Goeje (1939)Taylor (1977)glosshejahejaheia, hejafatherhammahammahammamotherwackewijrrijwa-ckewijrrijwackewijrrijheadvvackenoelywa-ckenoeywackenoely, wackenoeyearnoeyeriinoeyerrinoeyerrieyevvassibalywa-ssibalywassibaly, wassinosedarrymailydarrymailydarrymailymouthvvadacoelywa-dacoelywadacoelyteethvvatabayewa-tabayewatabayelegsvvackehyrrywa-ckehyrrywackehyrryfeetatalyatalyatalytreehoerapalliihoerapallihoerapalliibowhewerryhewerryhewerryarrowkyrtryrrekyrtzyrrekyrtzyrremoonvvecoelijewecoelijewecoelijesunannotoannoto -urucu
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