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Garifuna
Native to
North Coast of Honduras and Guatemala, Belize, Nicaragua's Mosquito Coast
Region
Historically the Northern Caribbean coast of Central America from Belize to Nicaragua
Ethnicity
Garifuna people
Native speakers
120,000 (2001–2019)[1]
Language family
Arawakan
Northern
Caribbean
Garifuna
Official status
Recognised minority language in
Belize Guatemala
Language codes
ISO 639-3
cab
Glottolog
gari1256
ELP
Garífuna
Language, dance and music of the Garifuna
UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
Country
Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua
Reference
00001
Inscription history
Inscription
2001 (2008 session)
Recording of a Garifuna speaker
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 is a member of the Arawakan language family but an atypical one since it is spoken outside the Arawakan language area, which is otherwise now confined to the northern parts of South America, and because it contains an unusually high number of loanwords, from both Carib languages and a number of European languages because of an extremely tumultuous past involving warfare, migration and colonization.
The language was once confined to the Antillean islands of St. Vincent and Dominica, but its speakers, the Garifuna people, were deported by the British in 1797 to the north coast of Honduras[2] from where the language and Garifuna people has since spread along the coast south to Nicaragua and north to Guatemala and Belize.
Parts of Garifuna vocabulary are split between men's speech and women's speech, and some concepts have two words to express them, one for women and one for men. Moreover, the terms used by men are generally loanwords from Carib while those used by women are Arawak.
The Garifuna language was declared a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in 2008 along with Garifuna music and dance.[3]
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...
Caribbean island of Saint Vincent and speak Garifuna, an Arawakan language, and Vincentian Creole. The Garifuna are the descendants of indigenous Arawak...
Central America and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. In 2001, Garifuna music, dance, and language were collectively proclaimed as a Masterpiece of the Oral...
The language most spoken was the Lenca language; after the conquest, the most spoken language became Castilian. By far the most widely spoken language in...
also the characteristics of the Garifunalanguage. Punta is the best-known traditional dance belonging to the Garifuna community. It is also known as banguity...
decline and colonial period deportations resulting in language death, but an offshoot survives as Garifuna, primarily in Central America. Despite its name,...
Amerindian languages: Xinca, an indigenous language, and Garifuna, an Arawakan language spoken on the Caribbean coast. According to the Language Law of 2003...
Yucatec Maya. Approximately 16,100 people speak the Arawakan-based Garifunalanguage. German is spoken in Mennonite colonies and villages. The vast majority...
first, if only, contemporary feature films shot in the Garifunalanguage. The Garifunalanguage and culture depicted in the film is also noteworthy as...
men and keeping the women. This is supported by the fact that the Garifunalanguage is a mixture of Carib and Arawak, has different male and female forms...
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...
impossible to prove or disprove.[citation needed] Garífuna (or Black Carib) is another Arawakan language originating on the islands. It developed as the...
declared the Garifunalanguage, dance, and music a "Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity". English is the primary language of public...
Arawak mythology Arawakan languages Cariban languages Classification of indigenous peoples of the Americas Garifunalanguage List of indigenous names of...
Spanish is the second-most-commonly-spoken language, followed by the Mayan languages, German dialects, and Garifuna. Over half the population is multilingual...
American Indian origin Arawak peoples Arawakan languages Carib language Taíno languageGarifunalanguage Anselmo, L.; Gutiérrez Salazar, M. (1981). Diccionario...
to preserve their Afro-Caribbean customs, among which are: Their Garífunalanguage, their religious system known as ‘Dugú’. Although it is to be noted...
of Honduras. The Garifunalanguage belongs to the Arawakan language family, but has a large number of loanwords from Carib languages and from English...
The garifuna drum is a membranophone percussion instrument from the Garifuna culture in Belize, Guatemala and Honduras. The garifuna drums play a very...
first language. Also in the Caribbean coast, many Indigenous people speak their native languages, such as the Miskito, Sumo, Rama and Garifunalanguage. In...
complete a doctorate degree in anthropology and is a leading promoter of Garifunalanguage, history, and culture. He also serves as Chairman of the Barranco...
tongues. The Garifunalanguage is spoken along the Caribbean coast in Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Belize mostly by the Garifuna people a mixed...
first language. Also in the Caribbean coast, many Indigenous people speak their native languages, such as the Miskito, Sumo, Rama and Garifunalanguage. In...
or that have status as a national language, regional language, or minority language. Official language A language designated as having a unique legal...
speakers, the Garifunalanguage is the only remnant of the Island Carib language. Following the Second Carib War, the majority of the Garifuna were deported...
schools taught only Spanish, but in Dangriga, she quickly learned the Garifunalanguage and attended school where English was taught. Graduating from high...
Garifuna Americans or Black Carib Americans are Americans of African, Arawak, and Kalinago ancestry that originated in the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent...
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