Guianan Carib

E767347

Guianan Carib is a branch of the Cariban language family comprising several indigenous languages spoken in the Guiana region of northern South America.

All labels observed (7)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf language branch
subgroup of Cariban languages
classificationBasis shared phonological and lexical innovations within Cariban
continent South America
ethnicAssociation indigenous peoples of the Guianas
geographicDistribution Guiana Shield
northern Amazon basin
hasFeature evidentiality distinctions in some member languages
noun classification in some member languages
rich verbal morphology
hasSubgroup Akawaio language
Akurio language
Apalaí language
Carib language (Kalina)
linked to: Carib languages

Hixkaryána language
linked to: Hixkaryana language

Ingarikó language
Kapon languages
Karihona (Carijona) language
linked to: Carijona language

Macushi language
linked to: Makushi language

Mapoyo language
Panare language (Pananare)
linked to: Pemon language

Patamona language
Pemon language
Piapoco language
Tiriyó language
Waiwai language
linked to: Wai-Wai language

Wayana language
Yabarana language
Ye’kwana language
linked to: Ye’kuana language
hasWritingSystem Latin script (for several member languages)
languageFamily Cariban
languageStatus primarily oral tradition
linguisticTypology agglutinative language group
partOf Cariban language family
linked to: Carib languages
region Guiana
linked to: Guianas
researchField anthropological linguistics
historical linguistics
spokenBy Kalina (Carib) people
linked to: Kalinago people

Macushi people
linked to: Makushi people

Pemon people
linked to: Pemon

Tiriyó people
Wayana people
spokenIn Brazil
French Guiana
Guyana
Suriname
Venezuela
status many member languages endangered
usedBy indigenous communities in northern South America
wordOrder SOV-dominant

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tiriyó language languageBranch Guianan Carib
Kare hasGlottologName Galibi Carib
linked to: Guianan Carib
Kalin’a hasNameVariant Mainland Carib
linked to: Guianan Carib
Kalina language alternateName Carib of the mainland
linked to: Guianan Carib
Kalina language hasDialects French Guianese Kalina
linked to: Guianan Carib
Venezuelan Carib hasAlternativeName Carib of Venezuela
linked to: Guianan Carib
Northern Cariban hasLanguage Carib of Suriname
linked to: Guianan Carib
Northern Cariban hasLanguage Carib of Venezuela
linked to: Guianan Carib