The Cariban languages are a family of languages indigenous to north-eastern South America. They are widespread across northernmost South America, from...

proposed language family composed of the Macro-Je (or Macro-Gê), Tupian and Cariban languages of South America. Aryon Rodrigues (2000) based this proposal...

emigration and conquest; the Kalinago language appears not to have been Cariban, but like that of their neighbors, the Taíno. Irving Rouse and others suggest...

or a related Cariban language. However, studies in the 20th century determined that the language of the Antillean Caribs was not Cariban, but Arawakan...

which belong to the Chibchan, Tucanoan, Bora–Witoto, Guajiboan, Arawakan, Cariban, Barbacoan, and Saliban language families. There are currently about 850...

which belong to the Chibchan, Tucanoan, Bora–Witoto, Guajiboan, Arawakan, Cariban, Barbacoan, and Saliban language families. There are currently more than...

Piai ("Medicine Man") are the Creator gods of the Akawaio and neighboring Cariban tribes, said to never have been seen by mortals. Though older myths feature...

language is being considered. On the other hand, some languages, such as the Cariban languages, can be said to have a possessed case, used to indicate the other...

Languages spoken locally by specific ethnic groups include Arawakan and Cariban languages, Caribbean Hindustani, Maroon languages, Javanese, Chinese, Hmong...

(born December 31, 1968) is a Brazilian linguist who specializes in the Cariban and Tupian language families of lowland South America and in the Tiriyó...

Kapóng is a Cariban language spoken mainly in Guyana, most commonly in the region of the Upper Mazaruni. Though many speakers do not live in villages...

"barracuda" is derived from Spanish, with the original word being of possibly Cariban origin. Barracuda are snake-like in appearance, with prominent, sharp-edged...

Carib or Kari'nja is a Cariban language spoken by the Kalina people (Caribs) of South America. It is spoken by around 7,400 mostly in Brazil, The Guianas...

West Indies. Ciboney Taíno, Classic Taíno, and Iñeri were Arawakan, Karina and Yao were Cariban. Macorix, Ciguayo and Guanahatabey are unclassified....

languages are also spoken by a minority of the population. These include Cariban languages such as Macushi, Akawaio and Wai-Wai; and Arawakan languages...

region of the state of Mato Grosso. They speak the Amonap language, a Cariban language, and one of four spoken languages in the area. They have a population...

Indian, and Amerindian influences, as their native tongue. Indigenous Cariban languages (Akawaio, Wai-Wai, and Macushi) are spoken by a small minority...

of Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Brazil. They speak a Cariban language known as Carib. They may be related to the Island Caribs of the...

Island Carib language, or simply Carib, the language of the Island Caribs Cariban languages, the wider family of languages that includes Carib (but not Island...

for which nominative–absolutive clauses have been described include the Cariban languages Panare (future, desiderative, and nonspecific aspect clauses)...

Cannibal (definition) via Spanish Caníbalis, from a Cariban language, meaning "person, Indian", (Proto-Cariban *karípona), based on the Spaniards' belief that...

Italy, Switzerland and Greece Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy Macushi Cariban → Macushi Guyana (Rupununi), Brazil (Roraima) Shamanism Madi Nilo-Saharan...

Spanish Official Spanish Indigenous Languages of the Arawakan, Arutani-Sape, Cariban, Chibchan, Guahiban, Jirajaran, Timotean families Vernacular Venezuelan...

various Arawakan-speaking groups including the Nepoya and Suppoya, and Cariban-speaking groups such as the Yao, while Tobago was occupied by the Island...

Arawak deity, created the world in Arawak mythology Arawakan languages Cariban languages Classification of indigenous peoples of the Americas Garifuna...

Pemon language (or Pemón in Spanish), is an indigenous language of the Cariban family spoken by some 30,000 Pemon people, in Venezuela's Southeast, particularly...

be: a variety of Pará Arára language, a Cariban language of Pará, Brazil a variety of Yukpa language, a Cariban language, spoken in Zulia State in Venezuela...

Yarumá is an extinct and poorly attested Cariban language. Kaufman (2007) placed it in his Arara branch, as does Gildea (1998). According to Carvalho...

family), Kaiwá Guarani, Nheengatu (Tupian), Guajajára (Tupian), Macushi (Cariban), Terena (Arawakan), Xavante (Gean) and Mawé (Tupian). Tucano (Tucanoan)...

Island Carib language was spoken by both sexes, and was Arawakan, not Cariban. As such, scholars have adopted more nuanced theories to explain the transition...