title: List of extinct languages of Central America and the Caribbean
text: # List of extinct languages of Central America and the Caribbean
  
  This is a list of extinct languages of Central America and the Caribbean, languages which have undergone language death, have no native speakers, and no spoken descendants.
  
  There are 14 languages listed, 7 lost in Central America and 7 lost in the Caribbean.
  
  ## Central America
  
  ### Costa Rica
  
  * Chorotega
  
  ### El Salvador
  
  * Cacaopera
  
  ### Guatemala
  
  * Chicomuceltec
  
  ### Honduras
  
  * Lenca
  
  ### Nicaragua
  
  * Matagalpa
  * Monimbo
  * Subtiaba
  
  ## The Caribbean
  
  * Ciguayo
  * Guanahatabey
  * Island Carib
  * Macorix (Northern and Southern dialects)
  * Shebaya
  * Taíno (Classic Taíno and Ciboney Taíno dialects)
  * Yao
  