Cariban languages Cariban languages Akawaio is a Cariban language spoken mainly in Guyana, most commonly in the region of the Upper Mazaruni. Though many speakers don't live in villages, there are a number of population centers, notably Kamarang, Jawalla, Waramadong, and Kako to name a few. Some 6,000 people speak Akawaio, most of them in Guyana. It is also spoken to a lesser extent in Venezuela. ...more on Wikipedia about "Akawaio language"
The Apiacá are an extinct Cariban people, who lived near the mouth of the Tocantins River, Pará, Brazil. ...more on Wikipedia about "Apiacá"
The Cariban languages are an indigenous language family of South America. Carib languages are widespread across northern South America, from the mouth of the Amazon River to the Colombian Andes and from Maracaibo ( Venezuela) to Central Brazil. Cariban languages are relatively close to each other; in some cases, it is difficult to decide whether different groups speak different languages or dialects of the same language. Because of this, the exact number of Cariban languages is not known with certainty (current estimates range from 25 to 40, with 20 to 30 still spoken). The Cariban family is well known in the linguistic world due to Hixkaryana, a language with Object-Verb-Subject sentences, previously thought not to exist in human language. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cariban languages"
Hixkaryana is one of the Carib languages, spoken by just over 500 people on the Nhamundá river, a tributary of the Amazon River in Brazil. It is one of a few known natural languages that normally use Object Verb Subject word order, and may have been the first such language to be described (by linguist Desmond C. Derbyshire). ...more on Wikipedia about "Hixkaryana language"
Panare is a Cariban language, spoken by approximately 3,000-4,000 people in central Venezuela, Estado Bolívar ( Bolivar State), generally south of the town of Caicara del Orinoco, south of the Orinoco River. There are several subdialects of the language. The autonym for this language and people is eñapa, which has various senses depending on context, including 'people', 'indigenous-people', and 'Panare-people'. ...more on Wikipedia about "Panare"
Pemon or Pemong (in Spanish: Pemón) is a Cariban language spoken mainly in Venezuela, specifically in the regions Bolivar State, Gran Sabana, an estimated 4,800 people in Venezuela speak Pemon. To some extent Pemon is also spoken in Brazil and Guyana (1000+ people). ...more on Wikipedia about "Pemon language"
Tiriyó (also known as Trio) is a Cariban language spoken by approximately 2,000 people in a number of villages on both sides of the Brazil-Surinam border in northern Amazonia. Tiriyó has been classified as belonging to the Taranoan group of the Guianan sub-branch of Cariban, together with Karihona (Carijona), in Colombia, and Akuriyó, in Surinam, both languages with only a few living speakers. The two main dialects are H-Tiriyó and K-Tiriyó, spoken on the southeastern and northwestern parts of the Tiriyó territory, respectively. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tiriyó" Fast shortopedia
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