Endangered Languages Project

Alias		Garifuna, Garfuna, Black Carib, Caribe, Central American Carib, "Moreno"
KLASSIFIZIERUNG		Arawakan, Northern Arawakan, Maritime
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
SPRACHENCODE		cab
VARIANTEN & DIALEKTE		Eastern Garifuna Western Garifuna. Eastern Garifuna (Honduras and Nicaragua) Western Garifuna (Guatemala and Belize).
DOWNLOAD		Als csv
WEITERE RESSOURCEN		OLAC-Suche

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Informationen von: “Meso-America” (197-209) . William Adelaar and J. Diego Quesada (2007) , Christopher Moseley · London and New York: Routledge

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~100,000
Muttersprachler weltweit

ANDERE VON DER GEMEINSCHAFT GESPROCHENE SPRACHEN
KOMMENTARE ZUM SPRACHKONTEXT: "There is a high degree of bilingualism with English-based Caribbean Creole." (2007:200)

ORTE: Honduras; Belize; Guatemala; Nicaragua

ORTSBESCHREIBUNG: "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)

Gefährdet

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
195,800
Muttersprachler weltweit
MEHR ZUR ANZAHL DER SPRECHER
98,000 in Honduras (1993).

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

DATUM DER INFORMATION: 1993

NUTZUNGSBEREICHE

MEHR ZU SPRACHBESTÄNDIGKEIT

Shifting to Spanish [spa] in some villages. All domains.

SPRECHEREINSTELLUNG

Mostly positive

ANDERE VON DER GEMEINSCHAFT GESPROCHENE SPRACHEN

Spanish; English

KOMMENTARE ZUM SPRACHKONTEXT

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

Skripte (Schreibsysteme und Orthografien)

Latin script

Rechtschreibung

Literacy rate in L1: 1%%-5%%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%%-15%%.

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

ORTSBESCHREIBUNG: 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).

WEITERE KOMMENTARE: Mainly north coast between Masca, Cortés Department, 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).

Sicher gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
203 (Guatemala)
Muttersprachler weltweit
MEHR ZUR ANZAHL DER SPRECHER
203 speakers in Guatemala.

DATUM DER INFORMATION: 2005

ORTE: Guatemala

ORTSBESCHREIBUNG: Covers a 20 square kilometer region in Guatemala.

Ernsthaft gefährdet

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~75,000
Muttersprachler weltweit
KINDER
<10%%
JUNGE ERWACHSENE
~10%%
MEHR ZUR ANZAHL DER SPRECHER
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)

DATUM DER INFORMATION: 1986

NUTZUNGSBEREICHE

ENTWICKLUNGSTENDENZEN BEI SPRECHERN

VERBREITUNG

MEHR ZU SPRACHBESTÄNDIGKEIT

In the district towns of Punta Gorda and Dangriga, Garifuna is rarely heard on the streets and only older people regularly use the language. (1986, so probably even less now). In the rural communities one is more likely to hear Garifuna than in the towns.

ANDERE VON DER GEMEINSCHAFT GESPROCHENE SPRACHEN

English; Belizean Creole (Bileez Kriol)

KOMMENTARE ZUM SPRACHKONTEXT

All in Hopkins are at least bilingual.

ORTE: Honduras; Belize; Guatemala; Nicaragua; USA

ORTSBESCHREIBUNG: "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.

MEHR ZU SPRACHBESTÄNDIGKEIT

"Although parents have stopped passing on the heritage language to their children, by the ages of twelve to fifteen these children not only start to speak Garifuna as the primary language, but to also advocate with great pride for the use and preservation of the heritage language."

SPRECHEREINSTELLUNG

Positive

ORTE: Honduras

ORTSBESCHREIBUNG: Corozal

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
191,974
Muttersprachler weltweit

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
115,625
Muttersprachler weltweit
MEHR ZUR ANZAHL DER SPRECHER
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."

MEHR ZU SPRACHBESTÄNDIGKEIT

Critically endangered in Nicaragua.

ORTE: Belize; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua

ORTSBESCHREIBUNG: 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

0199255911				2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures			Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer		Oxford University Press			New York				2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.																			15.6666666667,-88.0
		16		2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis		SIL International			Dallas, TX		http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub		195,800	1993	100000	98,000 in Honduras (1993). 98,000 in Honduras (Rivas 1993). Population total all countries: 195,800. 100 monolinguals (2013, unchanged).	Spanish; English	Mostly positive	100 monolinguals. Radio programs. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 2002.	195,700	Vulnerable (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Shifting to Spanish [spa] in some villages. All domains.	11		Mainly north coast between Masca, Cortés Department, 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).	Belize; USA; Nicaragua; Guatemala; Honduras; El Salvador	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).
			1	2009	Transnational Endangered Language Communities and the Garifuna Nation		59-79				Working Papers in Educational Linguistics (WPEL)	22		University of Pennsylvania	http://www.gse.upenn.edu/sites/gse.upenn.edu.wpel/files/archives/v22/v22n1_Ravindranath.pdf	Maya Ravindranath	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.		~10%%	~75,000	1986	10000-99999	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)	English; Belizean Creole (Bileez Kriol)		All in Hopkins are at least bilingual.		Critically Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	In the district towns of Punta Gorda and Dangriga, Garifuna is rarely heard on the streets and only older people regularly use the language. (1986, so probably even less now). In the rural communities one is more likely to hear Garifuna than in the towns.	15	15		Honduras; Belize; Guatemala; Nicaragua; USA	"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.
				2008	Preservation strategies of the Garifuna language in the context of global economy in the village of Corozal in Honduras									University of Florida	http://udini.proquest.com/view/preservation-strategies-of-the-goid:250787574/	Santiago Jaime Ruiz Alvarez	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/.								Positive					"Although parents have stopped passing on the heritage language to their children, by the ages of twelve to fifteen these children not only start to speak Garifuna as the primary language, but to also advocate with great pride for the use and preservation of the heritage language."				Honduras	Corozal
		3rd		2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger					UNESCO Publishing			Paris		http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub		115,625		100000	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."					At risk (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Critically endangered in Nicaragua.				Belize; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua	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	12.5666,-83.7166;15.8268, -88.7506;15.6754,-88.1476;17.1833,-88.5833
				2007	Meso-America	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	197-209	Christopher Moseley		London and New York: Routledge						William Adelaar and J. Diego Quesada	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.			~100,000		100000		English-based Caribbean Creole		"There is a high degree of bilingualism with English-based Caribbean Creole." (2007:200)		At risk (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)						Honduras; Belize; Guatemala; Nicaragua	"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)
	January 23			2005	Idiomas mayas: Número de hablantes y extension territorial				data republished in several locations	Prensa Libre	Revista D				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	Liliana Pellicer	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.			203 (Guatemala)	2005	100-999	203 speakers in Guatemala.					Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)						Guatemala	Covers a 20 square kilometer region in Guatemala.
					World Oral Literature Project										http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			191,974		100000						At risk (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

Garífuna

Metadaten der Sprache

Sprachdokumentationsforum

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~100,000

Gefährdet

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

195,800

Sicher gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

203 (Guatemala)

Ernsthaft gefährdet

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~75,000

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

191,974

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

115,625

Diskussion

Garífuna

Metadaten der Sprache

Sprachdokumentationsforum

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~100,000

Gefährdet

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

195,800

Sicher gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

203 (Guatemala)

Ernsthaft gefährdet

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~75,000

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

191,974

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

115,625

Diskussion

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