Northern Cariban
E772719
Northern Cariban is a branch of the Cariban language family comprising several indigenous languages spoken primarily in northern South America.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
language branch
ⓘ
subgroup of the Cariban languages ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Northern Carib branch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
complex person-marking on verbs
ⓘ
evidentiality distinctions in some languages ⓘ postpositions rather than prepositions ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Akawaio
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Apalaí NERFINISHED ⓘ Arekuna NERFINISHED ⓘ Carib of Suriname NERFINISHED ⓘ Carib of Venezuela NERFINISHED ⓘ Hixkaryána NERFINISHED ⓘ Ingarikó NERFINISHED ⓘ Kalin’a NERFINISHED ⓘ Kapon NERFINISHED ⓘ Kari’ña NERFINISHED ⓘ Makushi NERFINISHED ⓘ Mapoyo NERFINISHED ⓘ Panare NERFINISHED ⓘ Patamona NERFINISHED ⓘ Pemon NERFINISHED ⓘ Piapoco NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamanaku NERFINISHED ⓘ Tiriyó NERFINISHED ⓘ Waiwai NERFINISHED ⓘ Wayana NERFINISHED ⓘ Yabarana NERFINISHED ⓘ Ye’kwana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Kapon subgroup
ⓘ
Pekodian subgroup ⓘ Pemóng subgroup ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Latin script for some member languages ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Cariban NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology | agglutinative language group ⓘ |
| partOf | Cariban language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | northern South America ⓘ |
| researchField | Cariban linguistics ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Brazil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
French Guiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Guyana NERFINISHED ⓘ Suriname NERFINISHED ⓘ Venezuela NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | many member languages endangered ⓘ |
| usedBy |
indigenous peoples of the Guiana Shield
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
indigenous peoples of the Orinoco basin ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SOV-dominant ⓘ |
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