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Carib
Kaliña, cariña
Spoken in: Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela
Total speakers: 10 226
Language family: Cariban
 Northern
  Galibi
   Carib 
Writing system: Latin alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: crb
ISO 639-3: car

Kalina

Carib, also known as Caribe, Cariña, Galibi, Galibí, Kali\'na, Kalihna, Kalinya, Galibi Carib, Maraworno and Marworno, is an Amerindian language in the Cariban language family. It is spoken by 10,226 people, 7,251 of which are from Venezuela.

Carib is also spoken in Brasil, Surinam, Guyana and French Guyana.

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Alphabet

The Carib alphabet consists of 17 letters: a, b, d, e, g, i, j, k, m, n, o, p, r, s, t, u, and w.

Common Carib Words

  • aina - hand
  • aipajawa - shark
  • akuri - agouti
  • akuru - mud, clay
  • amoro - thou, you
  • ana - we
  • apo - arm
  • apukuipa - oar, paddle
  • arepa - cassava, cassava bread
  • arukuma - planet, star
  • auto - house
  • aware - opossum
  • awu - I, me
  • ereko - anger, war
  • erepary - food
  • ero - this
  • eropo - here
  • awasi - Indian corn
  • ikupo - puddle, pond, lake
  • iromy - dry season
  • irupa - good
  • isery - new
  • itoto - enemy, stranger
  • itupu - grass
  • jariku - pelican
  • jepo - bone
  • jopoto - chief
  • jumy - father
  • kampo - smoked meat
  • kanawa - large dugout
  • kapu - sky
  • karina - Carib
  • kataru - green turtle
  • katuri - large basket carried on the back
  • kawana - leatherback turtle
  • koko - night
  • konopo - rain
  • kurijara - fishing boat
  • kurita - day
  • maina - garden, field
  • makureru - cactus
  • manare - cassava sieve
  • manaty - breast
  • matapi - cassava press
  • matutu - small table
  • mauru - cotton
  • miti - root
  • moro - that
  • moropo - there
  • mosipe - long
  • mure - small bench
  • napi - sweet potato
  • nono - earth, soil
  • nunon - moon, month
  • okato - large hammock
  • oko - two
  • okoju - snake
  • oma - road, path
  • onu - oeil
  • opawy - island
  • oruwa - three
  • oty - name, noise
  • owin - one
  • pana - ear
  • panare - friend
  • parana - sea
  • paranakyry - Whites, Europeans
  • peja - bay
  • pepeito - wind
  • pipo - skin, hide ; bark
  • pota - mouth
  • pupu - foot
  • putu - club
  • pyjai - medicine man, shaman
  • pyrywa - arrow, reed
  • sakau - sand
  • sampura - drum
  • sanime - short
  • sano - mother
  • sarompo - leaves
  • semari - cassava grater
  • senke - near
  • sina - flute
  • sipari - ray
  • sipi - fishing net
  • siriko - star, year
  • tamune - white
  • tamusi - old man
  • tamy - tobacco
  • tapire - red, ripe
  • tapusikiri - pebbles
  • tapyi - big meeting house
  • tonoro - bird
  • topu - stone, rock
  • tukusi - colibri
  • tuma - hot sauce
  • tuna - water, river
  • turi - torch
  • turupo - heart
  • tykire - yellow
  • tyse - far
  • umari - crown feathers
  • upupo - head
  • urapa - bow, weapon
  • uwempo - belly
  • waitopo - village
  • wajamaka - iguana
  • waruma - basketry reed
  • wato - fire
  • weju - sun
  • werewere - house flies
  • weruno - ash
  • wewe - tree, woods
  • woi - savanna, prairie grass
  • woku - cassava beer
  • wokyry - man
  • woryi - woman
  • woto - fish
  • wypy - mountain
  • wywy - axe, hoe
  • ypori - creek


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