Garifuna language
Garifuna is an Arawakan language spoken in Honduras, Belize, Guatemala and Nicaragua by the Garifuna people. Their language is primarily derived from Arawak and Carib, with English, French and Spanish to a lesser degree. One interesting feature of Garifuna is a vocabulary split between terms used only by men and terms used only by women. This does not however affect the entire vocabulary but when it does, the terms used by men generally come from Carib and those used by women come from Arawak.
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Cayo Chachahuate - Cayo Chachahuate
This is a small island where some Garifuna people live. You can walk around the perimeter of the island in about 20 minutes. Most of the people are fisherman.
The New York Times takes a look at how complicated the US Census can be for Caribbean-Americans. For example, the Garifunas, who are part African, part Caribbean and part Central American, don’t fit into any box.
(Source: The New York Times)
