Kalina language
E755539
The Kalina language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken by the Kalina (Carib) people of northern South America and the Caribbean coast.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cariban language
ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Carib language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Carib of the mainland NERFINISHED ⓘ Galibi NERFINISHED ⓘ Kalin’a ⓘ Kariña NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basicWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Kalina people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | main1276 ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Brazilian Kalina
ⓘ
French Guianese Kalina NERFINISHED ⓘ Guyana Kalina NERFINISHED ⓘ Surinamese Kalina ⓘ Venezuelan Kalina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguageAcademy | no official language academy ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
evidentiality distinctions
ⓘ
postpositions rather than prepositions ⓘ verb affixation for person and number ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom |
Dutch
ⓘ
French ⓘ Portuguese NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNeighboringLanguages |
Arawak languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Warao language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive nasalization
ⓘ
nasal harmony ⓘ |
| isNot | Island Carib language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | car ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Northern Cariban NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Cariban languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| region | Guianas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revitalizationStatus | subject of language revitalization efforts ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Kalina people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Brazil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Caribbean coast of South America ⓘ French Guiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Guyana NERFINISHED ⓘ Suriname NERFINISHED ⓘ Venezuela NERFINISHED ⓘ northern South America ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication in some communities
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ ritual practices ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.