The Kalinago language, also known as Island Carib and Igneri (Iñeri, Inyeri, etc.), was an Arawakan language historically spoken by the Kalinago of the...
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America, but they spoke an unrelated language known as Kalinago or Island Carib. They also spoke a pidgin language associated with the Mainland Caribs...
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The Kalinago Territory, previously known as the Carib Reserve or Carib Territory (outdated/derogatory), is a 3,700-acre (15 km2) district in the Caribbean...
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fate of the Igneri. The Igneri spoke an Arawakan language which transitioned into the Kalinago language. The Caribbean was populated in various waves, several...
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languages in West Africa and Africa in general have extremely diverse phoneme inventories. The distinction between Garifuna and the Kalinago language...
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Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean (section Kalinago)
Bahamas, the Kalinago of the Lesser Antilles, the Ciguayo and Macorix of parts of Hispaniola, and the Guanahatabey of western Cuba. The Kalinago have maintained...
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also be compared to the Kalinago verb aboúcacha meaning "to scare". This verb is shared in various Caribbean Arawakan languages such as Lokono (bokaüya...
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Carriacou (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
and the north coast of South America. The name is derived from the Kalinago language Kayryouacou. Carriacou is part of the Carriacou and Petite Martinique...
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The Kalinago genocide was the genocidal massacre of an estimated 2,000 Kalinago people by English and French settlers on the island of Saint Kitts in...
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Whitney Mélinard (category Kalinago women)
a Kalinago activist from Dominica. She is the founder of the Kalinago Ripple Effect Initiative to promote solutions to social issues in the Kalinago Territory...
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Nevis (category Articles containing Spanish-language text)
popularly referred to as Arawaks and Kalinago, a complex mosaic of ethnic groups with similar culture and language. Dominican anthropologist Lennox Honychurch...
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Garifuna (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
traditionally speak Garifuna, an Arawakan language. The Garifuna are the descendants of Indigenous Arawak, Kalinago (Island Carib), and Afro-Caribbean people...
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Arawak (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
a small population of around 3,400 Kalinago survived in the Kalinago Territory in northeast Dominica. The Kalinago of Dominica maintained their independence...
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Sylvanie Burton (category Kalinago women)
Dominican presidential election. She is the first woman and first Indigenous (Kalinago) president of Dominica. Burton has served as permanent secretary in various...
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Demographics of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (redirect from Languages of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
far as Belize and Nicaragua. While the Garifuna have retained their Kalinago language, the Black Caribs of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines speak Creole...
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List of contemporary ethnic groups (category CS1 Russian-language sources (ru))
Jewish population. The Wapan language have largely replaced Jukun Takum as the main language. The indigenous Kalinago language became extinct in the 1920s...
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Carib (category Language and nationality disambiguation pages)
Indigenous people of South America Carib language, also known as Kalina, the language of the South American Caribs Kalinago people, or Island Caribs, an Indigenous...
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List of alternative country names (category CS1 Traditional Chinese-language sources (zh-hant))
(common, English) List of country names in various languages List of countries and capitals in native languages List of countries BBC 中文網 (2005-08-29). "論壇:台總統府網頁加注"台灣""...
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main cultural groups by the European contact period: the Taino and the Kalinago. Individual villages of other distinct cultural groups were also present...
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Saint Kitts and Nevis (category Articles with German-language sources (de))
the Caribbean to become independent, gaining independence in 1983. The Kalinago, the pre-European inhabitants of Saint Kitts, called the island Liamuiga...
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of indigenous Taino and Kalinago from Barbados to be used as slave labour on regional plantations. This prompted the Kalinago to flee the island for other...
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Indigenous peoples of the Americas (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
Archipelago, the Greater Antilles and the northern Lesser Antilles, the Kalinago of the Lesser Antilles, the Ciguayo and Macorix of parts of Hispaniola...
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Charles Liénard de L'Olive (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
joined the Caribs, who treated them well. They learned to speak the Kalinago language, intermarried with the local people, and adopted local ways of building...
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Antillean Creole (redirect from Antillean Creole language)
remained isolated. At the time, it was inhabited by the Island Caribs, or Kalinago people. Over time, more settled there after they had been driven from surrounding...
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Caribbean region was initially populated by Amerindians from several different Kalinago and Taino groups. These groups were decimated by a combination of enslavement...
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Dominica (category Articles containing French-based creoles and pidgins-language text)
settled by the Arawak arriving from South America in the fifth century. The Kalinago displaced the Arawak by the 15th century. Christopher Columbus is said...
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Kalina people (redirect from Kalinagos)
They speak a Cariban language known as Carib. They may be related to the Island Caribs of the Caribbean, though their languages are unrelated. The exonym...
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Demographics of Dominica (redirect from Languages of Dominica)
Crown in 1903. The present number of Kalinago is estimated at 4% more than 3,000. English is the official language and universally understood; however...
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
century A.D., who were later displaced by the Caribs (Kalinago) in the 14th century. The Kalinago named the island Youloumain. It is thought that Christopher...
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