Carib languages

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Carib languages are a family of indigenous languages spoken primarily in northern South America and the Caribbean, historically associated with the Carib peoples and influential as a substrate in several regional creoles.

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This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

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Generate an image of Carib languages (Carib languages are a family of indigenous languages spoken primarily in northern South America and the Caribbean, historically associated with the Carib peoples and influential as a substrate in several regional creoles.)

All labels observed (11)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf indigenous language family ⓘ
language family ⓘ
alternativeName Carib language family ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages

Cariban languages ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
associatedWith Carib peoples ⓘ
commonWordOrder OV ⓘ
endangermentStatus many member languages are endangered ⓘ
geographicDistribution Brazil ⓘ
Colombia ⓘ
French Guiana ⓘ
Guyana ⓘ
linked to: British Guiana

Lesser Antilles (historically) ⓘ
linked to: Lesser Antilles

Panama ⓘ
Suriname ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
hasHistoricalRole substrate in Caribbean contact languages ⓘ
substrate in coastal South American contact languages ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature complex verbal morphology ⓘ
person marking on verbs ⓘ
hasNotableLanguage Akawaio language ⓘ
Apalaí language ⓘ
Bakairi language ⓘ
Hixkaryana language ⓘ
Ikpeng language ⓘ
Kalinago language ⓘ
Kariʼnja (Carib) language ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages

Kuikuro language ⓘ
Makushi language ⓘ
Panare (Eʼñepa) language ⓘ
linked to: Pemon language

Patamona language ⓘ
Pemon language ⓘ
Tiriyó language ⓘ
Wayana language ⓘ
Yeʼkwana language ⓘ
Yukpa language ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature rich consonant inventories in many languages ⓘ
hasSubstrateInfluenceOn French Guianese creoles ⓘ
linked to: Guianan Creole

Guyana creoles ⓘ
Suriname creoles ⓘ
regional creoles of the Caribbean ⓘ
historicallySpokenBy Island Caribs ⓘ
linked to: Carib peoples

Mainland Caribs ⓘ
linked to: Carib peoples
languageBranchOf American indigenous languages ⓘ
linguisticTypology agglutinative ⓘ
mostly head-marking ⓘ
researchField Cariban linguistics ⓘ
spokenIn Caribbean region ⓘ
linked to: Caribbean

northern South America ⓘ
studiedIn contact linguistics of the Caribbean ⓘ
historical linguistics of South America ⓘ
writingSystem primarily Latin script (for languages with orthographies) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (98)

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

Antillean Creole → hasSubstrateLanguage → Carib languages ⓘ
Pre-Columbian era → includesCivilization → Carib peoples ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
Arawakan languages → hasLanguage → Island Carib language ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
Carib languages → alternativeName → Cariban languages ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
Carib languages → alternativeName → Carib language family ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
Carib languages → hasNotableLanguage → Kariʼnja (Carib) language ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
Kwéyòl → hasSubstrateLanguage → Carib languages ⓘ
Xingu River → languageRegionFor → Karib languages ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
Friday's father → language → Carib language ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
Pemon → languageFamily → Cariban languages ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
Carib peoples → hasLanguageFamily → Cariban languages ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
Ikpeng language → isPartOf → Southern Cariban languages ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
Kwéyòl Sent Lisi → hasSubstrateLanguage → Carib languages ⓘ
Wayana language → family → Cariban language family ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
Patamona language → languageFamily → Cariban languages ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
Carib → languageFamily → Cariban languages ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
Cari people → languageFamily → Cariban languages ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
American Indian languages → haveSubgroup → Cariban languages ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
Xingu peoples → languageFamily → Carib languages ⓘ
Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean → languageFamily → Cariban languages ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
indigenous peoples of Colombia → languageFamily → Cariban languages ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
Arara people → languageFamily → Cariban languages ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
Arekuna → languageFamily → Cariban languages ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
Akawaio → languageFamily → Cariban languages ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
Pemón → languageFamily → Cariban languages ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
Upper Xingu region → hasLanguageFamily → Cariban languages ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
Upper Orinoco subgroup of Arawakan → hasPrimaryContactLanguages → Cariban languages ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
Kalinago → languageFamily → Cariban languages ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
Kalin’a → languageFamily → Cariban languages ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
Makushi → languageFamily → Cariban languages ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
Patamona → languageFamily → Cariban languages ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
Wayana → languageFamily → Cariban languages ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
Akurio → languageFamily → Cariban languages ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
Trio people → languageFamily → Cariban languages ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
Taurepang → languageFamily → Cariban languages ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
Amazonian languages → hasPart → Cariban languages ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
Ingarikó → languageFamily → Cariban languages ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
Ingarikó → language → Carib language ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
Ye’kuana → languageFamily → Cariban languages ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
Kalin’a people → languageFamily → Cariban languages ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
Upper Rio Negro linguistic area → hasLanguageFamily → Cariban languages ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
Indigenous peoples of Brazil → languageFamily → Cariban languages ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
Caribbean linguistic area → hasInfluenceFrom → Cariban languages ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
The Indigenous Languages of South America → includesLanguageFamilies → Cariban languages ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
Kalina language → alternateName → Carib language ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
Kalina language → languageFamily → Cariban languages ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
Carib pidgin → lexicalInfluenceFrom → Cariban languages ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
Venezuelan Carib → subclassOf → Carib language ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
Venezuelan Carib → partOf → Cariban language family ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages