• 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 speak Garifuna, an Arawakan language, and Vincentian Creole. The Garifuna are the descendants of indigenous Arawak...
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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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  • The language most spoken was the Lenca language; after the conquest, the most spoken language became Castilian. By far the most widely spoken language in...
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    Punta (category Garifuna music)
    also the characteristics of the Garifuna language. Punta is the best-known traditional dance belonging to the Garifuna community. It is also known as banguity...
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    decline and colonial period deportations resulting in language death, but an offshoot survives as Garifuna, primarily in Central America. Despite its name,...
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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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    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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    Amerindian languages: Xinca, an indigenous language, and Garifuna, an Arawakan language spoken on the Caribbean coast. According to the Language Law of 2003...
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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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    Kalinago (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
    men and keeping the women. This is supported by the fact that the Garifuna language is a mixture of Carib and Arawak, has different male and female forms...
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    Belize (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
    Spanish is the second-most-commonly-spoken language, followed by the Mayan languages, German dialects, and Garifuna. Over half the population is multilingual...
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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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    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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    Arawak mythology Arawakan languages Cariban languages Classification of indigenous peoples of the Americas Garifuna language List of indigenous names of...
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    Retrieved 5 February 2011. 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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    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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    American Indian origin Arawak peoples Arawakan languages Carib language Taíno language Garifuna language Anselmo, L.; Gutiérrez Salazar, M. (1981). Diccionario...
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  • Mirtha Colón (category Garifuna people)
    Mirtha Colón (born May 18, 1951) is a Honduran-born Garifuna activist and social worker who assists Caribbean migrants in The Bronx and travels widely...
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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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    speakers, the Garifuna language is the only remnant of the Island Carib language. Following the Second Carib War, the majority of the Garifuna were deported...
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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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  • 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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    Latin America (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
    Creole languages of mainland Latin America, similarly, are derived from European languages and various African tongues. The Garifuna language is spoken...
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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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • or that have status as a national language, regional language, or minority language. Official language A language designated as having a unique legal...
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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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