Island Carib language
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Island Carib, also known as Iñeri (Igñeri, Inyeri), was an Arawakan language of the Lesser Antilles
related to Taíno
. It went extinct about 1920, but survives in its daughter language Garifuna
.
Despite its name, it was not a Carib language
; it was spoken by the Island Caribs due to intermarriage with the native Arawak of the islands.
Lesser Antilles
The Lesser Antilles are a long, partly volcanic island arc in the Western Hemisphere. Most of its islands form the eastern boundary of the Caribbean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean, with the remainder located in the southern Caribbean just north of South America...
related to Taíno
Taíno language
Taíno, an Arawakan language, was the principal language of the Caribbean islands at the time of the Spanish Conquest, including the Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, the Florida Keys, and the Lesser Antilles...
. It went extinct about 1920, but survives in its daughter language Garifuna
Garifuna language
Garifuna is an Arawakan language spoken in Honduras, Guatemala, and Belize by the Garifuna people. The language is also spoken to a lesser extent in Nicaragua's Mosquito Coast. Historically it was referred to as Carib or Black Carib and Igñeri by Europeans. Garifuna has a vocabulary split between...
.
Despite its name, it was not a Carib language
Carib language
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 was spoken by the Island Caribs due to intermarriage with the native Arawak of the islands.