Talk:Cariban languages

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[edit] Carib/Cariban

Which term is more appropriate for this article? Carib is a more common name for the language family, and is used in most other relevant Wikipedia articles, as well as (I think) most linguistic research. But some linguists prefer Cariban, which is more consistent with other language family names, and could avoid confusion with individual languages such as (Island) Carib or "Black Carib" (Garífuna), which are not members of the Carib(-an) family. Chamdarae 09:11, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

I think the question of which term to use is very important. As the article stands right now it looks a little silly since the title and first sentence utilize "cariban" yet the second sentence starts out with "carib." I have one source to quote: On Reconstruction Grammar: Comparative Cariban Morphosyntax (1998). This is a recent, large work, that consistently refers to the family as Cariban. My 2 cents. Hospitalhill 02:59, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

I represent the publisher of a language book on the Carib (Galibi) language, "A Carib grammar and dictionary". I would respectfully like to call wikipedia editors attention to the excerpt chapter, "The Carib language" available from our website, in the hopes that you may find it useful in further work on this and related articles. --Magoriabooks (talk) 02:53, 8 February 2008 (UTC)