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Name: Kari'nja
Type: Language
Alternate Names: Kari'nya; Carib; Galibí; Galibi; Kaliana; Cariña; Caribe; Karínya; Kali'na; Kalihna; Kalinya; Maraworno; Marworno; Kari'ña; "galibi (Guyane
Spoken in: French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela, Brazil, Guyana
Number of speakers: 4,450 in Venezuela (2001 census). Population total all countries: 7,430. Ethnic population: 16,679 (Ethnologue)
Number of speakers: 19066 (UNESCO)
Number of speakers: 10226 (World Oral Literature Project)
Code: car
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: SIL
Families: Cariban
Parent Subgroup: Unclassified Cariban; Ungrouped (uncr)

Endangerment Status


UNESCO Status: Severely endangered
Ethnologue Status: Not listed
Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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