Garifuna (Karif) is a minority language widely spoken in villages of Garifuna people in the western part of the northern coast of Central America. It...
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island of Saint Vincent and speak Garifuna, an Arawakan language, Spanish, Belizean Creole and Vincentian Creole. The Garifuna are the descendants of indigenous...
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Central America and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. In 2001, Garifuna music, dance, and language were collectively proclaimed as a Masterpiece of the Oral...
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Punta (category Garifuna music)
African and Arawak elements which are also the characteristics of the Garífuna language. Punta is the best-known traditional dance belonging to the Honduran...
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resulting in language death, but an offshoot survives as Garifuna, primarily in Central America. Despite being known as Island Carib, the language was not...
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Yucatec Maya. Approximately 16,100 people speak the Arawakan-based Garifuna language. German is spoken in Mennonite colonies and villages. The vast majority...
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Belize (category Articles containing Garifuna-language text)
is the second-most-commonly-spoken dialect, followed by the Mayan languages, Garifuna, and the German dialects. Over half the population is multilingual...
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first, if only, contemporary feature films shot in the Garifuna language. The Garifuna language and culture depicted in the film is also noteworthy as...
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There are a number of languages spoken in Honduras though the official language is Spanish. In Honduras, dozens of languages were spoken before the Spanish...
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Arawak (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
Arawak mythology Arawakan languages Cariban languages Classification of indigenous peoples of the Americas Garifuna language List of indigenous names of...
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and West African peoples. Garifuna may also refer to: Garifuna language, an Arawakan language spoken by the Garifuna Garifuna Americans, American citizens...
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Amerindian languages: Xinca, an indigenous language, and Garifuna, an Arawakan language spoken on the Caribbean coast. According to the Language Law of 2003...
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impossible to prove or disprove.[citation needed] Garífuna (or Black Carib) is another Arawakan language originating on the islands. It developed as the...
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Demographics of Belize (section Languages)
declared the Garifuna language, dance, and music a "Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity". English is the primary language of public...
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American Indian origin Arawak peoples Arawakan languages Carib language Taíno language Garifuna language Anselmo, L.; Gutiérrez Salazar, M. (1981). Diccionario...
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Retrieved 5 February 2011. There are 207,750 people who speak another language, mainly Garifuna (98,000).: Ethnologue Archived 13 October 2011 at the Wayback...
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Culture of Nicaragua (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
first language. Also in the Caribbean coast, many Indigenous people speak their native languages, such as the Miskito, Sumo, Rama and Garifuna language. In...
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Belizeans (category CS1 Italian-language sources (it))
of Honduras. The Garifuna language belongs to the Arawakan language family, but has a large number of loanwords from Carib languages and from English...
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Garifuna Americans or Black Carib Americans are Americans of Garifuna ancestry, who are descendants of Arawak, Kalinago (Island Carib), and Afro-Caribbean...
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Culture of Honduras (section Garifuna culture)
to preserve their Afro-Caribbean customs, among which are: Their Garífuna language, their religious system known as ‘Dugú’. Although it is to be noted...
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Latin America (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
Creole languages of mainland Latin America, similarly, are derived from European languages and various African tongues. The Garifuna language is spoken...
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Dangriga (category Garifuna communities)
to the Garifuna, a cultural and ethnic group, descendants of shipwrecked slaves and native Caribs. The Garifuna have adopted the Carib language but kept...
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Joseph Palacio (category Garifuna people)
complete a doctorate degree in anthropology and is a leading promoter of Garifuna language, history, and culture. He also serves as Chairman of the Barranco...
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Hispanic America (redirect from Languages of Hispanic America)
tongues. The Garifuna language is spoken along the Caribbean coast in Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Belize mostly by the Garifuna people a mixed...
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Nicaraguans (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
first language. Also in the Caribbean coast, many Indigenous people speak their native languages, such as the Miskito, Sumo, Rama and Garifuna language. In...
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or that have status as a national language, regional language, or minority language. Official language A language designated as having a unique legal...
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schools taught only Spanish, but in Dangriga, she quickly learned the Garifuna language and attended school where English was taught. Graduating from high...
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Stann Creek District (section Language)
Belmopan. Mostly used language in Stann Creek is English, with the main town of Dangriga having a mix of English and Garifuna, since the majority of...
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List of contemporary ethnic groups (category CS1 Turkish-language sources (tr))
speakers, the Garifuna language is the only remnant of the Island Carib language. Following the Second Carib War, the majority of the Garifuna were deported...
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Afro-Hondurans (section Garifunas)
other Caribbean islands, while the Garifuna people were originally from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Garifunas arrived in the late seventeen hundreds...
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