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Carib language

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South American Indian languages

  • In South American Indian languages: Vocabulary

    …(an Arawakan language), borrowings from Carib (a Cariban language) have formed a special part of the vocabulary, properly used only by men; these words were adopted after the Island Carib speakers were subjugated by Caribs.

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spoken by Carib Indians

  • Carib
    In Carib

    Peculiarly, the Carib language was spoken only by the men; women spoke Arawak. Raids upon other peoples provided women who were kept as slave-wives; the male captives were tortured and killed.

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