Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics
Language family containing approx. 50 languages in northern South America and the Antilles; today only approx. 25,000 speakers. Established by Gilij (1780–4), Carib is considered by Greenberg (1987) to belong to the Macro-Carib language family. Word order often OVS.
References
Derbyshire, D.C. 1979. Hixkaryana. Amsterdam.
Durbin, M. 1977. A survey of the Carib language family. In E.B.Grasso (ed.), Carib speaking Indians. Tucson, AZ.
Gilij, F.S. 1780–4. Saggio di storia americana o sia storia naturale, civile e sacra, de’ regni e delle provincie spagnuole de terra ferma nell’ America Meridionale, 4 vols.
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Greenberg, J.H. 1987. Language in the Americas. Stanford, CA.
Hoff, B.J. 1968. The Carib language. The Hague.
Koehn, E. and S.Koehn. 1986. Apalai. In D.C. Derbyshire and G.Pullum (eds), Handbook of Amazonean languages. Berlin. 33–127.
Rodriguez, A.D. 1985. Evidence for Tupi-Carib relationships. In H.E.Klein and L.Stark (eds), South American Indian languages. Austin, TX.
South American Languages
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