Garifuna

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Garifuna is an Arawakan language spoken by the Garifuna people of Central America, particularly along the Caribbean coasts of Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, and Nicaragua.

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Generate an image of Garifuna (Garifuna is an Arawakan language spoken by the Garifuna people of Central America, particularly along the Caribbean coasts of Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, and Nicaragua.)

All labels observed (8)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arawakan language ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ
minority language ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Black Carib language ⓘ
linked to: Arawakan languages

Garífuna ⓘ
linked to: Garifuna
closelyRelatedTo Arawak ⓘ
Lokono ⓘ
ethnicGroup Garifuna people ⓘ
linked to: Garifuna
hasCulturalAssociation Garifuna dance ⓘ
Garifuna music ⓘ
Garifuna spirituality ⓘ
hasFeature gender distinction in third-person pronouns ⓘ
lexical influence from African languages ⓘ
lexical influence from Carib ⓘ
loanwords from English ⓘ
loanwords from French ⓘ
loanwords from Spanish ⓘ
noun classifiers ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ
vowel nasalization ⓘ
hasGlottocode garifuna ⓘ
linked to: Garifuna
hasISO639-3Code cab ⓘ
hasLanguageRevitalizationEfforts bilingual education in some schools in Belize ⓘ
bilingual education in some schools in Honduras ⓘ
community-based education programs ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature complex consonant clusters ⓘ
contrastive stress ⓘ
hasTypology predominantly SVO word order ⓘ
languageFamily Arawakan languages ⓘ
recognizedAs part of the intangible cultural heritage of the Garifuna people ⓘ
region Central America ⓘ
spokenAlong Caribbean coast of Belize ⓘ
Caribbean coast of Guatemala ⓘ
Caribbean coast of Honduras ⓘ
Caribbean coast of Nicaragua ⓘ
spokenIn Belize ⓘ
Guatemala ⓘ
Honduras ⓘ
Nicaragua ⓘ
status endangered language ⓘ
subfamily Northern Arawakan ⓘ
linked to: Arawakan languages
usedBy Garifuna diaspora communities ⓘ
usedIn everyday communication in some coastal communities ⓘ
oral narratives ⓘ
ritual practices ⓘ
traditional songs ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

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Referenced by (50)

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

Arawakan languages → hasLanguage → Garifuna language ⓘ
linked to: Garifuna
Arawakan languages → notableLanguage → Garifuna language ⓘ
linked to: Garifuna
Afro-Mexicans → relatedGroup → Garifuna people ⓘ
linked to: Garifuna
Afro-Latin Americans → relatedGroup → Garifuna people ⓘ
linked to: Garifuna
Garifuna → ethnicGroup → Garifuna people ⓘ
linked to: Garifuna
Garifuna → alsoKnownAs → Garífuna ⓘ
linked to: Garifuna
Garifuna → hasGlottocode → garifuna ⓘ
linked to: Garifuna
Belizean Creole → influencedBy → Garifuna ⓘ
Bay Islands → localLanguage → Garifuna ⓘ
Bay Islands → ethnicGroup → Garifuna people ⓘ
linked to: Garifuna
Maipurean languages → member → Garifuna language ⓘ
linked to: Garifuna
Kalinago language → hasLinguisticInfluenceOn → Garifuna language ⓘ
linked to: Garifuna
Kalinago language → relatedTo → Garifuna language ⓘ
linked to: Garifuna
Pamela Munro → languageStudied → Garifuna language ⓘ
linked to: Garifuna
Roatán → hasEthnicGroup → Garifuna ⓘ
Garifuna dance → culturalGroup → Garifuna people ⓘ
linked to: Garifuna
Garifuna dance → hasCulturalOrigin → Garifuna communities in Guatemala ⓘ
linked to: Garifuna
Garifuna dance → hasCulturalOrigin → Garifuna communities in Nicaragua ⓘ
linked to: Garifuna
Utila → hasLanguageInfluence → Garifuna ⓘ
Guanaja → hasEthnicGroup → Garifuna ⓘ
Central Belize → hasEthnicGroup → Garifuna ⓘ
Northern Honduras → hasIndigenousOrAfroDescendantGroup → Garifuna people ⓘ
linked to: Garifuna
Belizean people → language → Garifuna ⓘ
Belizean people → ethnicComponent → Garifuna people ⓘ
linked to: Garifuna
Belizean people → culturalHeritage → Garifuna culture ⓘ
linked to: Garifuna
Eastern Nicaragua → hasEthnicGroup → Garifuna people ⓘ
subject linked to: eastern Nicaragua
linked to: Garifuna
Atlántida Department → hasEthnicGroup → Garifuna people ⓘ
linked to: Garifuna
Izabal Department → ethnicGroup → Garifuna people ⓘ
linked to: Garifuna
Pech language → hasNeighborLanguage → Garifuna language ⓘ
linked to: Garifuna
indigenous peoples of Honduras → ethnicGroup → Garífuna ⓘ
linked to: Garifuna
indigenous peoples of Honduras → language → Garifuna language ⓘ
linked to: Garifuna
Dangriga → ethnicCulture → Garifuna ⓘ
Dangriga → languageUsed → Garifuna language ⓘ
linked to: Garifuna
Punta Gorda → languageSpoken → Garifuna ⓘ
Corozal District → ethnicGroup → Garifuna ⓘ
Kalinago → culturalInfluenceOn → Garifuna people ⓘ
linked to: Garifuna
Punta Gorda → ethnicGroup → Garifuna people ⓘ
linked to: Garifuna