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I deleted my prior topic since it's no longer relevant (although if we do need to obtain a new consensus for whether to capitalise Indigenous or not, I am open to discussing that too). The next subject for discussion, arising from that prior conversation, is the use of peoples versus people.
My understanding, as per the invisible text on the article, is that peoples was previously used because the Taíno weren't in fact one group of people—it was a label applied to multiple groups seen as distinct from the Caribs. Hence, peoples and not people. Is this the usage we want to stick to? @Zacwill has changed the article to the people, which I am happy to leave as is (on the basis of grammar), but I wanted to see if others had any strong feelings either way.
I think either will do. Peoples is probably more accurate, but it may also be more confusing for the lay person. Also, there are other examples where I can see we use people when we're actually referring to peoples (e.g., Asian people, Black people, etc). Lewisguile (talk) 12:27, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I am wondering what the justification for calling the Taino language a "dialect" of the Arawakan family is? It seems that Taino was not merely a dialect of some other Ta-Arawakan language... for example, Taino is distinct from related languages like Garifuna and Lokono to significant degrees. Casinator (talk) 02:35, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That statement is sourced to the Encyclopedia Brittanica. I'm sure we can do better than that, but it is my bedtime, so I will wait until tomorrow to see if it still needs to be dealt with. Donald Albury02:59, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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