Carib

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A language of Venezuela

ISO 639-3
car
Alternate Names
Caribe, Cariña, Galibi, Kalihna, Kalinya, Kariña
Population

4,450 in Venezuela (2001 census). Population total all countries: 7,358. Ethnic population: 11,200 (Crevels 2007).

Location

Monagas and Anzoategui states, northeast near Orinoco river mouth, some in Bolivar state, just south of Orinoco. Also in Brazil (Galibi), French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Cariban
Dialects

Murato (Myrato, Western Carib), Tabajari. Eastern dialect primarily in eastern Suriname and in French Guiana and Brazil; western dialect in central and western areas of Suriname and in Guyana and Venezuela.

Typology

SOV; postpositions

Language Use

Many in the ethnic group speak Carib but lack intergenerational transmission (2007). Home. All ages.

Language Development
Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 2003.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Carib
Writing
Latin script.

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