Garífuna
Garifuna; Garfuna; Black Carib; Caribe; Central American Carib; "Moreno";
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2007
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"Originally from the island of St. Vincent...Also spoken in Belize, Guatemala and Nicaragua. In Honduras it is spoken in the Departments of Cortés and Gracias a Dios." (2007:200)
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"Originally from the island of St. Vincent...Also spoken in Belize, Guatemala and Nicaragua. In Honduras it is spoken in the Departments of Cortés and Gracias a Dios." (2007:200)
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"There is a high degree of bilingualism with English-based Caribbean Creole." (2007:200)
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Belize: 14,061 (2000) Nicaragua: no number given (critically endangered) Guatemala: 3,564 (2002) Honduras: 98,000 "Estimate by Rivas which appears in Ethnologue; the number of speakers in that estimate is now inaccurate."
2010
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Belize: Dangriga; Stann Creek; Toledo Guatemala: Livingston; Puerto Barrios Honduras: Masca, Cortés department; Plaplaya; Gracias a Dios Nicaragua: Orinoco in the Regiones Atlánticas Autónomas del Sur
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Belize: Dangriga; Stann Creek; Toledo Guatemala: Livingston; Puerto Barrios Honduras: Masca, Cortés department; Plaplaya; Gracias a Dios Nicaragua: Orinoco in the Regiones Atlánticas Autónomas del Sur
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195,700
98,000 in Honduras (1993). 98,000 in Honduras (Rivas 1993). Population total all countries: 195,800. 100 monolinguals (2013, unchanged).
2009
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Mainly north coast between Masca, Cortés Department and Plaplaya; Gracias a Dios Department. 37 villages in Honduras, 46 elsewhere in Central America (plus cities La Ceiba, San Pedro Sula, Tegucigalpa, and Puerto Cortés). Also in Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, United States (New York City; New Orleans).
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Mainly north coast between Masca, Cortés Department and Plaplaya; Gracias a Dios Department. 37 villages in Honduras, 46 elsewhere in Central America (plus cities La Ceiba, San Pedro Sula, Tegucigalpa, and Puerto Cortés). Also in Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, United States (New York City; New Orleans).
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100 monolinguals. Radio programs. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 2002.
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203 speakers in Guatemala.
2005
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Covers a 20 square kilometer region in Guatemala.
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2008
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Ethnic population in Belize: 14,061; Honduras: ~98,000. About 10%% of children were speakers in 1986; 90%% did not speak it; Those children are now parents. Neither they nor their children speak the language. (2007:27)
2009
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"Spoken by Garinagu in over fifty communities" in the countries listed. Belize: Dangriga (Stann Creek district); Punta Gorda (Toledo district); Hopkins; Seine Bight; Georgetown; and Barranco.
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"Spoken by Garinagu in over fifty communities" in the countries listed. Belize: Dangriga (Stann Creek district); Punta Gorda (Toledo district); Hopkins; Seine Bight; Georgetown; and Barranco.
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English; Belizean Creole (Bileez Kriol)
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All in Hopkins are at least bilingual.
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- Idiomas mayas: Número de hablantes y extension territorialLiliana Pellicer. 2005. "Idiomas Mayas: Número De Hablantes Y Extension Territorial." In Revista D, Prensa Libre. Online: http://douglasvasquez.blogspot.com/2011/03/idiomas-mayas-numero-de-hablantes-y.html and http://www.monografias.com/trabajos-pdf2/guatemala-lenguas-mayas-desaparecer/guatemala-lenguas-mayas-desaparecer.pdf.http://douglasvasquez.blogspot.com/2011/03/idiomas-mayas-numero-de-hablantes-y.html and http://www.monografias.com/trabajos-pdf2/guatemala-lenguas-mayas-desaparecer/guatemala-lenguas-mayas-desaparecer.pdf
- Preservation strategies of the Garifuna language in the context of global economy in the village of Corozal in HondurasSantiago Jaime Ruiz Alvarez. Preservation Strategies of the Garifuna Language in the Context of Global Economy in the Village of Corozal in Honduras. PhD thesis, University of Florida, 2008. Online: http://udini.proquest.com/view/preservation-strategies-of-the-goid:250787574/.http://udini.proquest.com/view/preservation-strategies-of-the-goid:250787574/
- Transnational Endangered Language Communities and the Garifuna NationMaya Ravindranath. Transnational Endangered Language Communities and the Garifuna Nation. PhD thesis, University of Pennsylvania, 2009. Online: http://www.gse.upenn.edu/sites/gse.upenn.edu.wpel/files/archives/v22/v22n1_Ravindranath.pdf.http://www.gse.upenn.edu/sites/gse.upenn.edu.wpel/files/archives/v22/v22n1_Ravindranath.pdf
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