Where were Arawakan languages spoken before Spanish conquest?

Before the Spanish conquest, Arawakan languages were the most widespread group of Indigenous South American languages. Their geographic range was vast and disconnected, extending from the Bahamas and Cuba in the north to the Gran Chaco region near the border of present-day Paraguay and Argentina in the south.12

The languages were spoken across a broad expanse reaching from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the eastern foothills of the Andes Mountains in the west. Additionally, they were prevalent throughout the Antilles, where the Taino language predominated before the arrival of Europeans. Within the South American mainland, these languages were particularly concentrated in the northern and western regions of the Amazon River basin.12