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Cariban languages

Index Cariban languages

The Cariban languages are an indigenous language family of South America. [1]

66 relations: Akurio language, Amazon River, Amonap language, Andes, Apalaí language, Apingi language, Arakajú language, Arawak, Arawakan languages, Bakairi language, Boanarí language, Carib language, Caribbean, Carijona language, Colombia, Cumanagoto language, Dominica, Exploration, Extinct languages of the Marañón River basin, Garifuna language, Hixkaryana language, Ikpeng language, Island Carib language, Island Caribs, Japreria language, Jê languages, Je–Tupi–Carib languages, Juma language (Carib), Kalina people, Kapóng language, Kuikuro language, Language family, Lesser Antilles, List of Spanish words of Indigenous American Indian origin, Macushi language, Mapoyo-Yabarana language, Opón language, Palmela language, Panare language, Paravilyana language, Pará Arára language, Pawishiana language, Pemon language, Pijao language, Pimenteira language, Pre-Columbian era, Purukotó language, Salumá language, Sapará language, Sikiana language, ..., South America, Spaniards, Taíno language, Tamanaku language, Tiriyó language, Tiverikoto language, Tupian languages, Waimiri-Atroarí language, Waiwai language, Wajumará language, Wayana language, Word order, Yao language (Trinidad), Yarumá language (Carib), Ye'kuana language, Yukpa language. Expand index (16 more) »

Akurio language

Akuriyó is a nearly extinct Cariban language of Suriname.

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Amazon River

The Amazon River (or; Spanish and Amazonas) in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and either the longest or second longest.

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Amonap language

Amonap, also known as Apalakiri or Kuikúro-Kalapálo or Matipuy, is a Cariban language spoken by the Kuikuro and Kalapalo peoples of Brazil.

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Andes

The Andes or Andean Mountains (Cordillera de los Andes) are the longest continental mountain range in the world.

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Apalaí language

Apalaí is a Cariban language spoken in Brazil.

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Apingi language

Apingi, also known as Apiaká (of Tocantins), is an extinct and poorly attested Cariban language.

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Arakajú language

Arakajú (Aracajú) is an extinct and poorly attested Cariban language.

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Arawak

The Arawak are a group of indigenous peoples of South America and of the Caribbean.

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Arawakan languages

Arawakan (Arahuacan, Maipuran Arawakan, "mainstream" Arawakan, Arawakan proper), also known as Maipurean (also Maipuran, Maipureano, Maipúre), is a language family that developed among ancient indigenous peoples in South America.

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Bakairi language

Bakairí (Bacairí) is a Cariban language of Brazil.

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Boanarí language

Boanarí (Bonari) is an extinct and poorly attested Cariban language.

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Carib language

Carib or Kari'nja is a Cariban language spoken by the Kalina people (Caribs) of South America.

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Caribbean

The Caribbean is a region that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean) and the surrounding coasts.

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Carijona language

Carijona (Karihona) is a Cariban language, or probably a pair of languages, of Colombia.

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Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a sovereign state largely situated in the northwest of South America, with territories in Central America.

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Cumanagoto language

Cumanagoto (Cumanogota, Cumaná, Kumaná); also Chaima (Chayma) is an endangered language of eastern coastal Venezuela.

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Dominica

Dominica (Island Carib), officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island republic in the West Indies.

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Exploration

Exploration is the act of searching for the purpose of discovery of information or resources.

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Extinct languages of the Marañón River basin

The Marañón River basin, at a low point in the Andes which made it an attractive location for trade between the Inca Empire and the Amazon basin, once harbored numerous languages which have been poorly attested or not attested at all.

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Garifuna language

Garifuna (Karif) is a minority language widely spoken in villages of Garifuna people in the western part of the northern coast of Central America.

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Hixkaryana language

Hixkaryana is one of the Cariban languages, spoken by just over 500 people on the Nhamundá River, a tributary of the Amazon River in Brazil.

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Ikpeng language

Txikão (Chikaon), or Ikpeng, is a Cariban language of Brazil.

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Island Carib language

Island Carib, also known as Igneri (Iñeri, Inyeri, etc.), was an Arawakan language historically spoken by the Island Caribs of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean.

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Island Caribs

The Island Caribs, also known as the Kalinago or simply Caribs, are an indigenous Caribbean people of the Lesser Antilles.

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Japreria language

Japrería (Yapreria) is a Cariban language of Venezuela.

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Jê languages

The Jê languages (also spelled Gê, Jean, Ye, Gean), or Jê–Kaingang languages, are spoken by the Gê, a group of indigenous peoples in Brazil.

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Je–Tupi–Carib languages

Je–Tupi–Carib ("Katuje") is a proposed language family composed of the Macro-Je (or Macro-Gê), Tupian and Cariban languages of South America.

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Juma language (Carib)

Juma is an extinct and poorly attested Cariban language.

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Kalina people

The Kalina, also known as the Caribs, Kali'na, mainland Caribs and several other names, are an indigenous people native to the northern coastal areas of South America.

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Kapóng language

Kapóng is a Cariban language spoken mainly in Guyana, most commonly in the region of the Upper Mazaruni.

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Kuikuro language

Kuikuro or Kuikuroan is a dialect of the Upper Xingu Language spoken by the Kuikuro people.

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Language family

A language family is a group of languages related through descent from a common ancestral language or parental language, called the proto-language of that family.

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Lesser Antilles

The Lesser Antilles are a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea.

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List of Spanish words of Indigenous American Indian origin

This is a list of Spanish words that come from Indigenous languages of the Americas.

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Macushi language

Macushi is the most populous of the Cariban languages, spoken by 30,000 in Brazil and Guyana.

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Mapoyo-Yabarana language

Mapoyo, or Mapoyo–Yavarana, is a Carib language spoken along the Suapure and Parguaza Rivers, Venezuela.

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Opón language

Opon (Opone) was an unusually divergent Cariban language of Colombia.

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Palmela language

Palmela is an extinct and poorly attested Cariban language.

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Panare language

Panare is a Cariban language, spoken by approximately 3,000–4,000 people in Bolivar State in southern Venezuela.

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Paravilyana language

Paravilyana (Paravilhana) is an extinct and poorly attested Cariban language.

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Pará Arára language

Arára is a Cariban language of Pará, Brazil.

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Pawishiana language

Pawishiana (Pauixiana) is an extinct Cariban language.

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Pemon language

The Pemon language, or Arekuna, is an indigenous language of the Cariban family spoken by some 30,000 Pemon people, in Venezuela's Southeast, particularly in the Canaima National Park, in the Roraima State of Brazil and in Guyana.

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Pijao language

Pijao (Piajao, Pinao) is an unclassified indigenous American language that was spoken in the villages of Orrega, Coyaima (Koyai, Tupe) and Natagaima in the Magdalena River Valley of Colombia until the 1950s.

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Pimenteira language

Pimenteira is an extinct and poorly attested Cariban language.

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Pre-Columbian era

The Pre-Columbian era incorporates all period subdivisions in the history and prehistory of the Americas before the appearance of significant European influences on the American continents, spanning the time of the original settlement in the Upper Paleolithic period to European colonization during the Early Modern period.

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Purukotó language

Purukotó (Purucotó) is an extinct and poorly attested Cariban language.

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Salumá language

Salumá is a Carib language of Brazil.

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Sapará language

Sapará is an extinct and poorly attested Cariban language.

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Sikiana language

Sikiana, or Kashuyana, is a Carib language that was spoken by 33 people in Brazil and 15 people in Suriname.

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South America

South America is a continent in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Spaniards

Spaniards are a Latin European ethnic group and nation.

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Taíno language

Taíno is an extinct and poorly-attested Arawakan language that was spoken by the Taíno people of the Caribbean.

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Tamanaku language

Tamanaku (Tamañkú) is an extinct Cariban language of Venezuela.

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Tiriyó language

The Tiriyó language is the everyday language of the Tiriyó people, the majority of whom are monolingual.

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Tiverikoto language

Tiverikoto (Tivericoto) is an extinct and poorly attested Cariban language.

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Tupian languages

The Tupi or Tupian language family comprises some 70 languages spoken in South America, of which the best known are Tupi proper and Guarani.

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Waimiri-Atroarí language

Atruahí is a Cariban language of Brazil.

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Waiwai language

Waiwai (Uaiuai, Uaieue, Ouayeone) is a Cariban language of northern Brazil, with a couple hundred speakers across the border in southern Guyana.

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Wajumará language

Wajumará is an extinct and poorly attested Cariban language.

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Wayana language

Wayana (also referenced as Ojana, Ajana, Aiana, Ouyana, Uajana, Upurui, Oepoeroei, Roucouyen, Oreocoyana, Orkokoyana, Urucuiana, Urukuyana, and Alucuyana in the literature) is a language of the Cariban family, spoken by the Wayana people, who live mostly in the borderlands of French Guiana, Brazil, and Suriname.

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Word order

In linguistics, word order typology is the study of the order of the syntactic constituents of a language, and how different languages can employ different orders.

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Yao language (Trinidad)

Yao (Jaoi, Yaoi, Yaio, Anacaioury) is an extinct Cariban language of Trinidad and French Guiana, attested in a single 1640 word list recorded by Joannes de Laet.

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Yarumá language (Carib)

Yarumá is an extinct and poorly attested Cariban language.

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Ye'kuana language

Ye'kuana, also known as Maquiritari, Dekwana, Ye'kwana, Ye'cuana, Yekuana, Cunuana, Kunuhana, De'cuana, De’kwana Carib, Pawana, Maquiritai, Maquiritare, Maiongong, or Soto is the language of the Ye'kuana people of Venezuela and Brazil.

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Yukpa language

Yukpa (Yuco, Yucpa, Yuko, Yupa) is a Cariban language, spoken by 7,000–8,000 people in Zulia State in Venezuela and across the border in Colombia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cariban_languages

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