Kalihna

Alternate Names: Caribe, Cariña, Kalihna, Kalinya, Galibi

Classifications:Carib, Northern, Galibi

Dialects: Tabajari

Language Development: Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 2003

Language Use: Quite well integrated into Venezuelan culture, though they do speak their own language among themselves.  Older adults and very young are monolingual.

Population:  7,251 in Venezuela (2000 WCD). Population
total all countries: 10,226.

Region: Monagas and Anzotegui states, northeast near Orinoco River mouth, plus a few communities in Bolivar State, just south of Orinoco. 

 ALSO SPOKEN IN : Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname

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