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CARIB [2 records]

Record 1 2018-09-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inhabitant Names and Names of Peoples
OBS

A member of an Indian people of northern South America and the Lesser Antilles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d’habitants et noms de peuples
OBS

[Membre d'un peuple qui habitait] la Guyane et les Petites Antilles à l'arrivée des Européens.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombres de habitantes y nombres de pueblos
OBS

[Miembro] de un pueblo que en otro tiempo dominó una parte de las Antillas y se extendió por el norte de América del Sur.

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Record 2 1993-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

The family of languages spoken by the Caribs, Indian peoples found in small numbers in a few areas of the West Indies and in parts of Central America and northeastern South America.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Groupe de langues indiennes d'Amérique du Sud parlées par environ 40 000 locuteurs se trouvant actuellement sur la rive gauche de l'Amazone, en Colombie orientale et au Brésil.

Spanish

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