Editing Carib language (section)

== Vocabulary ==
All four dialects of Kariʼnja have loan words from the primary language of the area (Brazil, Suriname, Guyana, French Guiana). For example, the Kariʼnja spoken in Suriname borrows words from [[Dutch language|Dutch]] and [[Sranan Tongo|Sranantongo]].<ref name=":0" />

=== Examples ===
{| class="wikitable"
!English
!Modern Kariʼnja
|-
|''two''
|[oko]
|-
|''stone''
|[topu]
|-
|''flea''
|[siko]
|-
|''mountain''
|[wipi]
|-
|''axe''
|[wïwï]
|-
|''person''
|[itoto]
|-
|''one that has been dug''
|[Ø-atoka-apo]
|-
|''one that has burnt''
|[i-tjoroty-ypo]
|-
|''peccary/javelina''
|[pakira]
|}

Some of the words show instances in which the ''e'' has been replaced with ''o'' in present-day Kariʼnja.<ref name=":1" /> The two statements beneath the singular words show examples of two suffixes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://voice-systems-workshop.wdfiles.com/local--files/start/Voice%20Systems%20in%20Diachrony-abstracts-29-06-2014.pdf|title=Patient Nominalization > Passive in Panare and Ye'kwana (Cariban)|website=voice-systems-workshop.wdfiles.com|access-date=2016-05-04}}</ref>