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Meso-America
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Native Speakers Worldwide

~100,000

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Honduras; Belize; Guatemala; Nicaragua

Coordinates

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Location description

"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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Other languages used

English-based Caribbean Creole

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"There is a high degree of bilingualism with English-based Caribbean Creole." (2007:200)

At risk

Native Speakers Worldwide

115,625

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More about speakers

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."

Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

Belize; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua

Coordinates

12.5666,-83.7166;15.8268, -88.7506;15.6754,-88.1476;17.1833,-88.5833

Location description

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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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

195,800

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

195,700

More about speakers

98,000 in Honduras (1993). 98,000 in Honduras (Rivas 1993). Population total all countries: 195,800. 100 monolinguals (2013, unchanged).

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Belize; USA; Nicaragua; Guatemala; Honduras; El Salvador

Coordinates

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Location description

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).

Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers' attitudes

Mostly positive

Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

Latin script

Other writing systems

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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Other languages used

Spanish; English

Domains of other languages

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More on context

100 monolinguals. Radio programs. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 2002.

Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

203 (Guatemala)

Domains of Use

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More about speakers

203 speakers in Guatemala.

Year of info

2005

Location and Context

Countries

Guatemala

Coordinates

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Location description

Covers a 20 square kilometer region in Guatemala.

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Covers a 20 square kilometer region in Guatemala.

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Year of info

2008

Location and Context

Countries

Honduras

Coordinates

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Location description

Corozal

Government support

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Speakers' attitudes

Positive

Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

Corozal

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

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Coordinates

15.6666666667,-88.0

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

~75,000

Domains of Use

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Child speakers

<10%%

Young adult speakers

~10%%

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More about speakers

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)

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Honduras; Belize; Guatemala; Nicaragua; USA

Coordinates

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Location description

"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.

Government support

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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.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

English; Belizean Creole (Bileez Kriol)

Domains of other languages

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More on context

All in Hopkins are at least bilingual.

At risk

Native Speakers Worldwide

191,974

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  1. Phonemes of the Hopkins (British Honduras) Dialect of Island Carib
    Taylor, Douglas. 1955. "Phonemes of the Hopkins (British Honduras) Dialect of Island Carib." In International Journal of American Linguistics, 21 , no. 3: 233-241.
  2. Old Garífuna: The Emergence of an African Community and the Creation of a New Language on St. Vincent
  3. Proto-Garifuna: The Language of the Kalípona on the Eve of the Africans' Arrival in St. Vincent
  4. Island Carib 4: Syntactic notes, texts
    Taylor, Douglas. 1958. "Island Carib 4: Syntactic Notes, Texts." In International Journal of American Linguistics, 24: 36-60.
  5. Island Carib 2: Word-classes, affixes, nouns, and verbs
    Taylor, Douglas. 1956. "Island Carib 2: Word-classes, Affixes, Nouns, and Verbs." In International Journal of American Linguistics, 22: 1-44.
  6. Island Carib Morphology 3: Locators and particles
    Taylor, Douglas. 1956. "Island Carib Morphology 3: Locators and Particles." In International Journal of American Linguistics, 22: 138-150.
  7. Languages of the West Indies
    Taylor, Douglas. 1977. "Languages of the West Indies." John Hopkins University Press.
  8. Carib
    Fleming, Ilah. 1966. "Carib." In Languages of Guatemala, edited by Marvin K. Mayers. 303-308. 23: Janua Linguarum, series practica.
  9. Matériaux pour servir à l'établissement d'une grammaire comparée des dialectes de la famille Caribe
    Adam, Lucien. 1893. "Matériaux Pour Servir À L'établissement D'une Grammaire Comparée Des Dialectes De La Famille Caribe." XVII: Paris: Librairie-Éditeur J. Maisonneuve.
  10. Meso-America
    Adelaar, William and J. Diego Quesada. 2007. "Meso-America." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by Christopher Moseley. 197-209. London and New York: Routledge.
  11. Conversemos en Garífuna
    Suazo, Salvador. 2002. "Conversemos En Garífuna." Tegucigalpa, Honduras: Editorial Guaymuras.
  12. Diccionario de la Lengua Caribe Cuna
    Puig, Manuel Maria P. 1944. "Diccionario De La Lengua Caribe Cuna."
  13. La Situación de las Lenguas Indígenas en Venezuela y en el Área del Caribe
    Mosonyi, Esteban Emilio. 1983. "La Situación De Las Lenguas Indígenas En Venezuela Y En El Área Del Caribe." In América Latina en sus Lenguas Indígenas, edited by B. Pottier. 361-382. UNESCO/Monte Ávila Editores, Venezuela:.
  14. A família lingüística Caribe (Karíb)
    Meira, Sérgio. 2006. "A Família Lingüística Caribe (Karíb)." In Revista de Estudos e Pesquisas, 3 , no. 1/2: 157-174.
  15. Lenguas de Guatemala
    Vielman, Julio and Marvin K. Mayers. 1966. "Lenguas De Guatemala." 20: 438. Ministerio de Educación.
  16. Idiomas mayas: Número de hablantes y extension territorial
    Liliana 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.
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  17. Preservation strategies of the Garifuna language in the context of global economy in the village of Corozal in Honduras
    Santiago 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/.
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  18. Transnational Endangered Language Communities and the Garifuna Nation
    Maya 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