Guianan Carib

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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)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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