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1000 B.C.

1000 B.C. (approx.): The Proto-Northern Arawakan language developed in the Orinoco Valley as part of a linear expansion from Amazonia. This linguistic shift preceded the movement of the Tainos’ direct ancestors toward the Caribbean coast.

Source  ·  p. 40 Rouse, The Tainos, 40