Cariban languages

The Caribbean languages ​​are an indigenous language family of South America that is spoken by the Caribs and is named after them. They are widely used especially in the northern part of South America, from the mouth of the Amazon to the Colombian Andes. The 29 surviving Caribbean languages ​​are divided into a northern branch ( 21 languages ​​) and a southern branch (8 languages). The family of Caribbean languages ​​is especially known by the Hixkaryana, a language with the basic word order object - verb-subject ( OVS ), was adopted by the earlier that they existed in any language.

Several hundred years ago occupied caribbean speaking people the Lesser Antilles. They killed, displaced or assimilated the Arawak which inhabited the islands. The arawakische language was preserved by the inferior people and taken over by the sunken Caribs. This language is called the " island Caribbean ", although it does not count to the Caribbean language family. Meanwhile, the language is extinct, but was spoken until the 1920s in the Lesser Antilles. A linguistic descendant of the island is the Caribbean Garífuna ( Igneri ), which is spoken mainly in Honduras and Belize and also under the name " Caribe " and "Black Carib " is known.

The Caribbean language family can possibly be with the more languages ​​and the Pano languages ​​to a " more - Pano Caribbean strain " expand. The Caribbean languages ​​themselves are provisionally divided into two to four branches:

Northern Caribbean languages

  • Coyaima
  • Japrería
  • Yukpa
  • Pemon
  • Akawaio
  • Patamona
  • Macushi ( Makushi )
  • Atruahí
  • Sikiana
  • Salumá
  • Waiwai
  • Akurio
  • Apalaí
  • Trió
  • Wayana
  • Karib
  • Arara, Pará
  • Txikão
  • Mapoyo
  • Panare
  • Yabarana

Südkaribische languages

  • Carijona
  • Hixkaryana
  • Kaxuiâna
  • Maquiritari
  • Bakairi
  • Kuikuro - Kalapalo
  • Matipuhy
  • Yarumá
  • Language family
  • Indigenous languages ​​of the Americas
  • Language (South America)

Pictures of Cariban languages

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