▁Island ▁and ▁the ▁Ex um as . ▁Gran berry ▁& ▁V es cel ius ▁also ▁state ▁that ▁around ▁ 1 2 0 0 ▁the ▁Tur ks ▁and ▁Ca icos ▁Islands ▁were ▁res ett led ▁from ▁His p ani ola ▁and ▁were ▁there after ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Class ical ▁T ain o ▁culture ▁and ▁language ▁area , ▁and ▁no ▁longer ▁Luc ay an . ▁ ▁Con ne ctions ▁The ▁Luc ay ans ▁were ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁larger ▁T ain o ▁community ▁in ▁the ▁Gre ater ▁Ant illes . ▁The ▁Luc ay ans , ▁along ▁with ▁the ▁T ain os ▁in ▁J ama ica , ▁most ▁of ▁Cuba ▁and ▁parts ▁of ▁western ▁His p ani ola ▁have ▁been ▁class ified ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁Sub - T ain o , ▁Western ▁T ain o ▁or ▁C ib oney ▁T ain o ▁cultural ▁and ▁language ▁group . ▁Ke eg an ▁describes ▁any ▁dist in ctions ▁between ▁Luc ay ans ▁and ▁Class ical ▁T ain os ▁( of ▁His p ani ola ▁and ▁eastern ▁Cuba ) ▁as ▁largely ▁arbitrary . ▁The ▁Luc ay ans ▁lived ▁in ▁smaller ▁political ▁units ▁( simple ▁chief dom s , ▁compared ▁to ▁the ▁more ▁elaborate ▁political ▁structures ▁in ▁His p ani ola ), ▁and ▁their ▁language ▁and ▁culture ▁showed ▁differences , ▁but ▁they ▁remained ▁T ain os , ▁although ▁a ▁" h inter land " ▁of ▁the ▁wider ▁T ain o ▁world . ▁The ▁Luc ay ans ▁were ▁connected ▁to ▁a ▁Car ib bean - wide ▁trade ▁network . ▁Columb us ▁observed