Gayón is an extinct language of western

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, spoken at the sources of the

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in the state of Lara. Other than being part of the Jirajaran family, its classification is uncertain due to a lack of data. ''Coyón'' is sometimes given as an alternative name (''LinguistList''), but may simply be an undocumented neighboring language (Loukotka 1968).

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{{Languages of Venezuela Languages of Venezuela Extinct languages of South America Jirajaran languages