Cariban

Cariban
Car·i·ban (kărʹə-bən, kə-rēʹbən) n. pl. Cariban or Cari·bans
1. Variant of Carib.
2. A language family comprising the Carib languages.
  Carʹi·ban adj.

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  • Cariban — noun Date: 1901 1. a member of a group of Indian peoples of South America and the Lesser Antilles 2. the language family comprising the languages of the Cariban peoples …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Cariban — adjective a) Of, or pertaining to languages of the Cariban family. b) Relating to the Carib peoples. See Also: Carib, Caribbean …   Wiktionary

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  • Cariban languages — Large family of South American Indian languages. It has an estimated 43 members; nearly half are now extinct, and most of the remainder have very few speakers. Most Cariban languages are spoken in southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and Brazil north …   Universalium

  • Cariban — Carembault Pays de Carembault Région Nord Pas de Calais Département(s) Nord Superficie approximative 105 km² Villes principales …   Wikipédia en Français

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  • South American Indian languages — Introduction       group of languages that once covered and today still partially cover all of South America, the Antilles, and Central America to the south of a line from the Gulf of Honduras to the Nicoya Peninsula in Costa Rica. Estimates of… …   Universalium

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