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    Garifuna (Karif) is a minority language widely spoken in villages of Garifuna people in the western part of the northern coast of Central America. It...
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  • Caribbean island of Saint Vincent and traditionally speak Garifuna, an Arawakan language. The Garifuna are the descendants of Indigenous Arawak, Kalinago (Island...
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  • Central America and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. In 2001, Garifuna music, dance, and language were collectively proclaimed as a Masterpiece of the Oral...
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  • and West African peoples. Garifuna may also refer to: Garifuna language, an Arawakan language spoken by the Garifuna Garifuna Americans, American citizens...
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    Yucatec Maya. Approximately 16,100 people speak the Arawakan-based Garifuna language. German is spoken in Mennonite colonies and villages. The vast majority...
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    resulting in language death, but an offshoot survives as Garifuna, primarily in Central America. Despite being known as Island Carib, the language was not...
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    Punta (category Garifuna music)
    dance and cultural music deeply rooted in the cultural traditions of the Garifuna of Honduras. It heavily incorporates West African/Central African drumming...
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  • first, if only, contemporary feature films shot in the Garifuna language. The Garifuna language and culture depicted in the film is also noteworthy as...
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    American Indian origin Arawak peoples Arawakan languages Carib language Taíno language Garifuna language Anselmo, L.; Gutiérrez Salazar, M. (1981). Diccionario...
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    Mayan languages are spoken, especially in rural areas, as well as two non-Mayan Amerindian languages: Xinca, an indigenous language, and Garifuna, an Arawakan...
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    Belize (category Articles containing Belize Kriol English-language text)
    Belizean Creole and Spanish are widely spoken, followed by the Mayan languages and Garifuna. Over half the population is multilingual due to the diverse linguistic...
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    Arawak (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
    Arawak mythology Arawakan languages Cariban languages Classification of Indigenous peoples of the Americas Garifuna language List of Indigenous names of...
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  • There are a number of languages spoken in Honduras though the official language is Spanish. In Honduras, dozens of languages were spoken before the Spanish...
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  • The National Garifuna Council (NGC) of Belize is a non-governmental organization (NGO) that represents the Garifuna people of Belize. It was established...
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    Nicaraguans (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
    first language. Also in the Caribbean coast, many Indigenous people speak their native languages, such as the Miskito, Sumo, Rama and Garifuna language. In...
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    Culture of Nicaragua (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
    first language. Also in the Caribbean coast, many Indigenous people speak their native languages, such as the Miskito, Sumo, Rama and Garifuna language. In...
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  • Joseph Palacio (category Garifuna people)
    complete a doctorate degree in anthropology and is a leading promoter of Garifuna language, history, and culture. He also serves as Chairman of the Barranco...
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  • translated from Spanish as "death kills". Garifuna music Music of Honduras The Garifuna History, Language and Culture Seine Bight—Garinagu Dances With...
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    impossible to prove or disprove.[citation needed] Garífuna (or Black Carib) is another Arawakan language originating on the islands. It developed as the...
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    Afro-Guatemalans (category Articles containing Spanish-language text)
    English-speaking West Indian (Antillean) and Garifuna origin. They are found in the Caribbean coast, in Livingston (a Garifuna settlement), Puerto Barrios and Santo...
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    declared the Garifuna language, dance, and music a "Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity". English is the primary language of public...
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    Belizeans (category CS1 Italian-language sources (it))
    of Honduras. The Garifuna language belongs to the Arawakan language family, but has a large number of loanwords from Carib languages and from English...
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    tongues. The Garifuna language is spoken along the Caribbean coast in Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Belize mostly by the Garifuna people a mixed...
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    "INE estimate". 2025. There are 207,750 people who speak another language, mainly Garifuna (98,000).: Ethnologue Archived 13 October 2011 at the Wayback...
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  • Garifuna Americans or Black Carib Americans are Americans of Garifuna ancestry, who are descendants of Arawak, Kalinago (Island Carib), and Afro-Caribbean...
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    to preserve their Afro-Caribbean customs, among which are: Their Garífuna language, their religious system known as ‘Dugú’. Although it is to be noted...
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    Dangriga (category Garifuna communities)
    to the Garifuna, a cultural and ethnic group, descendants of shipwrecked slaves and native Caribs. The Garifuna have adopted the Carib language but kept...
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    Latin America (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
    Portuguese-based creole. The Garifuna language is spoken along the Caribbean coast in Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Belize, mostly by the Garifuna people, a mixed-race...
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    Kalinago (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
    continue to live in the Antilles, notably on the island of Dominica. The Garifuna, who share common ancestry with the Kalinago, also live principally in...
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  • Añun) † Arawák (Lokono) Iñeri (Inyeri) Kalhíphona (Island Carib, modern Garífuna or Black Carib) Aikhenvald adds Shebayo, which Kaufman had left unclassified...
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