Carib

:This article is about the Island Carib people, who lived on the islands of the Caribbean. For the Carib language-speaking peoples of the South American continent, see Carib languages.

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Carib or Island Carib is the name of a people of the Lesser Antilles islands, after whom the Caribbean Sea was named; their name for themselves was Kalinago for men and Kallipuna for women. They are an Amerindian people whose origins lie in the southern West Indies and the northern coast of South America. They spoke an Arawakan language, although the men either spoke a Carib language or a pidgin. In the southern Caribbean they co-existed with a related Cariban-speaking group, the Galibi who lived in separate villages in Grenada and Tobago and are believed to have been mainland Caribs.

Related Topics:
Lesser Antilles - Caribbean Sea - Amerindian - West Indies - South America - Arawakan language - Carib language - Cariban - Grenada - Tobago

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