to the Carib language of the mainland Caribs. Instead, it appears to have been a development of the Arawakan language spoken by the islands' earlier Igneri...

age, their fathers taught them Carib, a language still spoken in mainland South America. Descriptions of Island Carib people in the 17th century missionaries...

they spoke an unrelated language known as Island Carib. They also spoke a pidgin language associated with the Mainland Caribs. At the time of Spanish...

the language of the South American Caribs Kalinago people, or Island Caribs, an indigenous people of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Island Carib language...

inhabited the islands. The resulting language—Kalhíphona or Island Carib—was Carib in name but largely Arawak in substance. The Carib male conquerors...

it was believed that the Igneri were conquered and displaced by the Island Caribs or Kalinago in an invasion some time before European contact. However...

Creole. The Garifuna are the descendants of indigenous Arawak, Kalinago (Island Carib), and Afro-Caribbean people. The founding population of the Central American...

French and is derived from Spanish piragua [piˈɾaɣwa], which comes from the Carib piraua. The term 'pirogue' does not refer to a specific kind of boat, but...

Kalina (mainland Caribs) called the island Urupina because of its resemblance to a big snail,: 84–85  while the Kalinago (Island Caribs) called it Aloubaéra...

Carib Pidgin may refer to: The Ndyuka-Tiriyó Pidgin, a pidgin language spoken in South America The "men's language" spoken by the Island Caribs in the...

Inyeri), was an Arawakan language historically spoken by the Island Caribs of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean. The Island Caribs lived throughout the...

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...

Jouanacaëra or Iouanacaera by the Caribs, which means 'the island of iguanas'. The island was occupied first by Arawaks, then by Caribs. The Arawaks were described...

the more bellicose Caribs also settled the island, possibly by force. Christopher Columbus was the first European to sight the islands in 1493. The Spanish...

reality: despite the name, the Island Carib language was Arawakan, not Cariban. Irving Rouse suggests that small numbers of Caribs may have conquered the Igneri...

of French, Carib, English, and African languages. There are two main geographical and linguistic groups in the Antilles or Caribbean Islands: the Greater...

Caribbean's only tied island, a small peninsula with a rising headland that extends westward from the village at Dominica's southwest tip. The Carib name of the...

and the north coast of South America. The name is derived from the Carib language Kayryouacou. Carriacou is part of the Carriacou and Petite Martinique...

Añun) † Arawák (Lokono) Iñeri (Inyeri) Kalhíphona (Island Carib, modern Garífuna or Black Carib) Aikhenvald adds Shebayo, which Kaufman had left unclassified...

islands about 1200 AD, according to carbon dating. Over the century leading up to Columbus' arrival in the Caribbean archipelago in 1492, the Caribs mostly...

previously known as the Carib Reserve or Carib Territory (outdated/derogatory), is a 3,700-acre (15 km2) district in the Caribbean island country of Dominica...

Macro-Tucanoan Equatorial (with Macro-Arawakan and Tupian) Ge–Pano–Carib Macro-Ge Macro-Panoan Macro-Carib Nambikwara Huarpe Taruma Below is the current state of...

of South America The Caribe, or Island Caribs, an indigenous people of the Caribbean The Carib language, the language of the Kalina people A local term...

Yao (Jaoi, Yaoi, Yaio, Anacaioury) is an extinct Cariban language of Trinidad and French Guiana, attested in a single 1640 word list recorded by Joannes...

as the British Virgin Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Virgin Islands were originally inhabited by the Arawak and Carib, many of whom are thought...

Arawakan languages. Early Spanish explorers and administrators used the terms Arawak and Caribs to distinguish the peoples of the Caribbean, with Carib reserved...

Chicomuceltec Lenca Matagalpa Monimbo Subtiaba Ciguayo Guanahatabey Island Carib Macorix (Northern and Southern dialects) Shebaya Taíno (Classic Taíno...

specifically to ethnic Caribs. The Spanish were the first Europeans to colonise the island of Trinidad, which was already home to the Carib and other indigenous...

Like its speakers, the Garifuna language is the only remnant of the Island Carib language. Following the Second Carib War, the majority of the Garifuna...

of Carib and Arawakan affiliation. Betoi may be related. Piaroa and Wirö (or "Maco") form a Piaroan branch of the family. The extinct Ature language, once...