Alternate Names: Caribe, Cariña, Galibi, Kalihna, Kalinya, Kariña
Dialects: Murato (Myrato, Western Carib), Tabajari. Eastern dialect primarily in eastern Suriname and in French Guiana and Brazil; western dialect in central and western areas of Suriname and in Guyana and Venezuela.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 4,450 in Venezuela (2001 census). Population total all countries: 7,358. Ethnic population: 11,200 (Crevels 2007).
Language Use: Many in the ethnic group speak Carib but lack intergenerational transmission (Crevels 2007). Home. All ages.
Language Development: Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 2003.
Typology: SOV; postpositions.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Venezuela