Garifuna

E88954
Arawakan language indigenous language minority language

Garifuna is an Arawakan language spoken by the Garifuna people of Central America, particularly along the Caribbean coasts of Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, and Nicaragua.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Garifuna people 3
Garifuna language 2
Garífuna 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arawakan language ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ
minority language ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Arawakan languages ⓘ
surface form: Black Carib language

Garifuna ⓘ
surface form: Garífuna
closelyRelatedTo Arawak ⓘ
Lokono ⓘ
ethnicGroup Garifuna self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Garifuna people
hasCulturalAssociation Garifuna dance ⓘ
Garifuna music ⓘ
Garifuna spirituality ⓘ
hasFeature gender distinction in third-person pronouns ⓘ
lexical influence from African languages ⓘ
lexical influence from Carib ⓘ
loanwords from English ⓘ
loanwords from French ⓘ
loanwords from Spanish ⓘ
noun classifiers ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ
vowel nasalization ⓘ
hasGlottocode Garifuna self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: garifuna
hasISO639-3Code cab ⓘ
hasLanguageRevitalizationEfforts bilingual education in some schools in Belize ⓘ
bilingual education in some schools in Honduras ⓘ
community-based education programs ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature complex consonant clusters ⓘ
contrastive stress ⓘ
hasTypology predominantly SVO word order ⓘ
languageFamily Arawakan languages ⓘ
recognizedAs part of the intangible cultural heritage of the Garifuna people ⓘ
region Central America ⓘ
spokenAlong Caribbean coast of Belize ⓘ
Caribbean coast of Guatemala ⓘ
Caribbean coast of Honduras ⓘ
Caribbean coast of Nicaragua ⓘ
spokenIn Belize NERFINISHED ⓘ
Guatemala NERFINISHED ⓘ
Honduras NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nicaragua NERFINISHED ⓘ
status endangered language ⓘ
subfamily Arawakan languages ⓘ
surface form: Northern Arawakan
usedBy Garifuna diaspora communities ⓘ
usedIn everyday communication in some coastal communities ⓘ
oral narratives ⓘ
ritual practices ⓘ
traditional songs ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Garifuna → alsoKnownAs → Garifuna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Garífuna
Garifuna → ethnicGroup → Garifuna self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Garifuna people
Garifuna → hasGlottocode → Garifuna self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: garifuna
this entity surface form: Garifuna language
Belizean Creole → influencedBy → Garifuna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Garifuna language
this entity surface form: Garifuna people
Afro-Mexicans → relatedGroup → Garifuna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Garifuna people