Venezuelan Carib
E755542
Venezuelan Carib is a branch of the Cariban language family spoken primarily in Venezuela and neighboring regions of northern South America.
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cariban language
ⓘ
indigenous language of the Americas ⓘ language variety ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Amerindian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Cariban languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indigenous languages of South America ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country | Venezuela ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Carib people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Carib of Venezuela NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAncestor | Proto-Cariban NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
complex verbal morphology
ⓘ
evidential distinctions ⓘ person marking on verbs ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive nasalization
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf | descriptive linguistic studies on Cariban languages ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Carib branch of the Cariban family ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Cariban NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOf | indigenous communities in Venezuela ⓘ |
| languageTypology |
agglutinative language
ⓘ
head-marking language ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| partOf | Cariban language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Venezuela
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northern South America ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Venezuela
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
neighboring regions of northern South America ⓘ |
| status |
endangered language
ⓘ
minority language ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Carib language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication in some indigenous communities
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SOV-dominant ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.