Carib language
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| Carib | |
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| Kaliña | |
| Native to | Venezuela, the Guianas, a few in Brazil |
| Ethnicity | Kali'na |
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Native speakers
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7,400 (2001–2007)[1] |
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Cariban
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| Latin script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | car |
| ISO 639-3 | car |
| Glottolog | gali1262[2] |
Carib or Kalina is a Cariban language spoken by the Kalina people (Caribs) of South America. It is spoken by around 7,400 people mostly in Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Brazil.
Names
The language is known by several names to both its speakers and outsiders. Traditionally it has been known as "Carib" in English, after its speakers, called the "Caribs" in English. It is known Caribe in Spanish, Galina in French, and Karaïeb in Dutch. However, the speakers call themselves Kalina or Karìna (variously spelled), and call their language Karìna auran [kaɽiɁnʲauɽaŋ].[3] Other variants include Kali'na, Cariña, Kariña, Kalihna, Kalinya; other native names include Maraworno and Marworno.
Dialects
Carib dialects (with number of speakers indicated in parentheses):[4]
- Venezuelan Carib (1000)
- Guyanese Carib (2000)
- Western Surinamese Carib (500)
- Eastern Surinamese and French Guianese Carib (3000)
Alphabet
The Carib alphabet consists of 15 letters: a, e, i, j, k, m, n, o, p, r, s, t, u, w, and y.[5]
References
- ↑ Carib at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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External 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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- Language articles citing Ethnologue 18
- Languages with ISO 639-2 code
- Cariban languages
- Indigenous languages of the South American Northeast
- Languages of French Guiana
- Languages of Guyana
- Languages of Suriname
- Languages of Venezuela
- Languages of Brazil
- Languages of Trinidad and Tobago
- Languages of Grenada
- Indigenous languages of the Americas stubs
