Editing Carib language (section)

== Geographic distribution ==
{{Infobox language
| name             = Pidgin Carib
| altname          = {{lang|mis|Lengua generale}}
| pronunciation    = 
| region           = [[Oyapock]]
| ref              = 
| era              = 17th – early 20th centuries
| speakers         = none
| familycolor      = pidgin
| family           = Carib-based [[pidgin]]
| iso3             = none
| glotto2          = pidg1256
| glottorefname2   = Pidgin Carib
}}

Due to contact with Kariʼnja invaders, some languages have Kariʼnja words incorporated into them, despite being [[Arawakan languages]] linguistically.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |chapter-url=http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/4452/1/05gildeaetal.pdf |title=Fieldwork and Linguistic Analysis in Indigenous Languages of the Americas |last=Gildea |first=Spike |date=2010 |publisher=University of Hawai'i Press |editor-last=Berez |editor-first=Andrea L. |location=Honolulu |pages=91–123 |chapter=The Story of *ô in the Cariban Family |editor-last2=Mulder |editor-first2=Jean |editor-last3=Rosenblum |editor-first3=Daisy}}</ref>
A Carib-based ''lengua generale'' was once used in the old missions of the [[Oyapock]] and surrounding regions, apparently surviving at least along the [[Uaçá River|Uaçá]] tributary into the 20th century.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Die Palikur-Indianer und ihre Nachbarn |last=Nimuendajú |first=Curt |publisher=Elanders Boktryckeri Aktiebolag |year=1926 |location=Göteborg |url=http://etnolinguistica.wdfiles.com/local--files/biblio%3Animuendaju-1926-palikur/nimuendaju_1926_palikur.pdf}}</ref>

In Suriname, there is a village called [[Konomerume]] which is located near the Wajambo River. With about 349 people living there, a majority identify as ethnically Kariʼnja and as for who knows the language, the adults are reported to at least have a decent knowledge of it. Those above the age of 65 use the language as a primary language among the members of the community. Speakers between the ages of 45 and 65 tend to use the language only when speaking with older residents or elder members of their family, while for the most part using the official languages: [[Dutch language|Dutch]] and [[Sranan Tongo]]. Younger adults between the ages of 20 and 40 for the most part understand the language but do not speak it, and children learn bits about Kariʼnja in school.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Yamada |first=Racquel-María |date=2014 |title=Training in the Community-Collaborative Context: A Case Study |url=http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/24611/1/yamada.pdf |journal=Language Documentation & Conservation |volume=8 |pages=326–344}}</ref>