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Cariban en · ADJ

Etymology

From Carib + -an.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to languages of the Cariban family, a family of Amerindian languages spoken in northeastern South America, characterized by small phonemic inventories, split ergativity, broadly left-branching word order (SOV and OVS, with postpositions), portmanteau agreement, and marking of possession on the possessed noun.
2. (not-comparable) Of or relating to the peoples who speak these languages.
3. (not-comparable) Of or relating to the Carib people (in all senses, whether linguistically Cariban or Arawakan).

Relateds

Caribbean · Carib

Translations (1)

nl Caribisch (Translations)