Garifuna

E88954

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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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