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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 about 10,000 people, 7,000 of whom are from Venezuela.
Carib is also spoken in Brazil, Suriname, Guyana and French Guyana.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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
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- 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
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- 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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[edit] References
- This article incorporates information from the revision as of 29 December 2007 of the equivalent article on the French Wikipedia.
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