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Language code: car

Technical information about ISO 639 language code car

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The table below provides technical details for the Galibi Carib language, designated by the car code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

car

Name

Galibi Carib

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Western Kari’naEastern Kari’na
Related languages
MakushiPemonAkawaioWaiwaiWayana
Key facts
Belongs to the Cariban language familyPredominant basic word order is Subject–Object–VerbDisplays an ergative–absolutive alignment chiefly expressed through verbal morphologyHas a rich set of evidential particles that mark the source and reliability of informationConsidered endangered, with only a few thousand fluent speakers remaining.
Sample phrase

Akïri, eko janï?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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The Galibi Carib language, identified by the code car, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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