Garifuna

member of the Arawakan language family, spoken in Central America, especially in Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, and Nicaragua, also within the USA
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Garifuna

Summary

Garifuna is a language[1]. Garifuna ranks in the top 2% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (201 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Garifuna is in the country of Honduras[3].
  • Garifuna is in the country of Belize[4].
  • Garifuna is in the country of Guatemala[5].
  • Garifuna is in the country of Nicaragua[6].
  • Garifuna's instance of is recorded as language[7].
  • Garifuna's instance of is recorded as modern language[8].
  • Garifuna's ISO 639-3 code is recorded as cab[9].
  • Garifuna's subclass of is recorded as Ta-Arawakan[10].
  • Garifuna's IETF language tag is recorded as cab[11].
  • Garifuna's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09glg1[12].
  • Garifuna's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Garifuna language[13].
  • Garifuna's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+190000'}[14].
  • Garifuna's Glottolog code is recorded as gari1256[15].
  • Garifuna's WALS lect code is recorded as grf[16].
  • Garifuna's Ethnologue.com language code is recorded as cab[17].
  • Garifuna's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'mis', 'text': 'Karif'}[18].
  • Garifuna's distribution map is recorded as Garifuna Language.jpg[19].
  • Garifuna's UNESCO language status is recorded as 2 vulnerable[20].
  • Garifuna's endangeredlanguages.com ID is recorded as 3472[21].
  • Garifuna's indigenous to is recorded as Belize District[22].
  • Garifuna's indigenous to is recorded as Stann Creek District[23].
  • Garifuna's indigenous to is recorded as Bay Islands Department[24].
  • Garifuna's UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger ID is recorded as 294[25].
  • Garifuna's UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger ID is recorded as 1834[26].
  • Garifuna's UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger ID is recorded as 1861[27].

Why It Matters

Garifuna ranks in the top 2% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (201 views/month).[2] Garifuna has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Garifuna is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . IANA language subtag registry. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . World Atlas of Language Structures. Retrieved . wals.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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