- The
Cariban languages are a
family of
languages Indigenous to north-eastern
South America. They are
widespread across northernmost South America, from...
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proposed language family composed of the Macro-Je (or Macro-Gê),
Tupian and
Cariban languages of
South America.
Aryon Rodrigues (2000)
based this proposal...
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emigration and conquest; the
Kalinago language appears not to have been
Cariban, but like that of
their neighbors, the Taíno.
Irving Rouse and
others suggest...
- pre-Columbian era.
During the
French colonial period,
Carib men also
spoke a
Cariban-derived
pidgin amongst themselves. At the time of
European contact, the...
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Carib or Kariʼnja is a
Cariban language spoken by the
Kalina people (Caribs) of
South America. It is
spoken by
around 7,400
mostly in Brazil, The Guianas...
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Languages spoken locally by
specific ethnic groups include Arawakan and
Cariban languages,
Caribbean Hindustani,
Maroon languages, Javanese, Chinese, Hmong...
- Indian, and
Amerindian influences, as
their first language.
Indigenous Cariban languages (Akawaio, Wai-Wai, and Macushi) are
spoken by a
small minority...
- Piai ("Medicine Man") are the
Creator gods of the
Akawaio and
neighboring Cariban tribes, said to
never have been seen by mortals.
Though older myths feature...
- both
Cariban languages. Ndyuka-Tiriyó
Pidgin at
Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Meira,
Sergio and Muysken, Pieter. "
Cariban in contact:...
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which belong to the Chibchan, Tucanoan, Bora–Witoto, Guajiboan, Arawakan,
Cariban, Barbacoan, and
Saliban language families.
There are
currently about 850...
