Carib language
| Carib | |
|---|---|
| Kaliña, cariña | |
| Native to | Venezuela, the Guianas, a few in Brazil |
| Ethnicity | Kali'na |
| Native speakers | 7,400 (2001) |
| Language family |
Cariban
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| Writing system | Latin script |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | car |
| ISO 639-3 | car |
Carib, also known as Caribe, Cariña, Galibi, Galibí, Kali'na, Kalihna, Kalinya, Galibi Carib, Maraworno and Marworno, is an Amerindian language in the Cariban language family.
Carib is also spoken in Brazil, Suriname, Guyana and French Guyana. In Dominica, the Antillean creole include elements of Carib languages. In Brazil, it is called Galibi.
Alphabet
↑Jump back a sectionExternal links
- Ka'lina (Carib) Vocabulary List (from the World Loanword Database)
- Surinamese Carib - English Online Dictionary
- Audio resources from the MPI-PL archive for linguistic resources, which origin from data collected by dr. Berend Hoff in the period 1955-1965
- How to count in Kali’na
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