Language of the Voiceless: Traces of Taino Language, Food, and Culture in the Americas From 1492 to the Present The Harvard community has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters Citation Nin, 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. Citable link https://nrs.harvard.edu/URN-3:HUL.INSTREPOS:37365626 Terms of Use This article was downloaded from Harvard University’s DASH repository, and is made available under the terms and conditions applicable to Other Posted Material, as set forth at http:// nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:dash.current.terms-of- use#LAA P a g e | 1 Thesis in the Field of Anthropology and Archeology in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Master of Liberal Arts Degree Harvard University Extension School May 31, 2020 Leonardo Wilson Nin
[email protected] ALM degree candidate Anthropology and Archeology Harvard ID: 7078149 Extension ID: @00275296 P a g e | 2 CHAPTER I | AN INTRODUCTION I. Title “Language of the Voiceless: Traces of Taino Language, Food, and Culture in the Americas from 1492 to the Present” II. Research Problem My 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. The extent of the contribution of the Taino to the general culture of the Americas will also be shown to extend from early in the subjugation of the Aztec empire in 1521 all the way to the present.