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Cariban
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English
Etymology
en :af Carib -an + 1
Adjective
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Of or relating to languages of the Cariban family, a family of Amerindian languages spoken in northeastern South America, characterized by small phonemic inventories, split ergativity, broadly left-branching word order (SOV and OVS, with postpositions), portmanteau agreement, and marking of possession on the possessed noun.
Of or relating to the peoples who speak these languages.
Of or relating to the Carib people (in all senses, whether linguistically Cariban or Arawakan).
Related terms
Carib
Caribbean
Translations
Dutch: nl Caribisch
See also
:Category:Cariban languages
Further reading
Cariban languages
en Language families