The Garifuna language Day by day the world becomes more and more interconnected, we speak to people from other countries in languages ​​that are usually not ours, the multilinguists now outnumber monolinguists and surrounding areas. 25% of countries in the world recognize two or more languages ​​as official (see Pearson). English has become the Lingua Franca of the world and indigenous languages ​​are beginning to disappear. The fewer speakers, the faster it is. One language that appears to have bucked the trend is the Garifuna language, indigenous to the Caribbean coasts of Honduras, Guatemala and Belize. Unique in the sense that, until recently, unlike other indigenous languages ​​of the Caribbean region, it did not form a creole. In the following, I will give a brief overview of the origins of the language, its structure, its current state and the reasons why it has been able to resist the phenomenon of language disappearance. The origins of the Garifuna remain controversial. the most common account is that of two African slave ships which sank in 1635 near the island of St. Vincent. Survivors who managed to land shared food and huts with the indigenous Arawak-Carib population. Due to Arawakan-Caribbean syncretism with Caribbean rule, which invaded St. Vincent and exterminated all Arawak men, the descendants of Africans learned different languages. The boys learned Caribbean and the girls learned Arawakan. This resulted in mixed linguistic communication among African descendants. Unlike other former slaves in the Caribbean, they actually rejected their African heritage completely. These children gradually evolved into the Garifunas (Balutansky 38). Towards the end of the 18th century the British attempted to enslave the Garifuna, who were...... middle of paper ......e, Genevieve, and Armin Schwegler. Creoles, contact and language change: linguistics and social implications. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Pub., 2004. Print. Gomez, Anacelia. “The Garifuna language”. Online interview. November 15, 2013. Hill, Jane H., PJ Mistry and Lyle Campbell. The life of language: linguistic articles in honor of William Bright. Berlin [etc. : Mouton De Gruyter, 1998. Print.Barret, Alice. “Guatemala’s Garífuna Voices: The Neglected Segment of the African Diaspora in Central America.” Hemispheric Affairs Council. Np, July 14, 2010. Web. November 20, 2013.Ruiz, Alvarez Santiago Jaime. “Strategies for Preserving the Garifuna Language in the Context of the Global Economy in the Village of Corozal, Honduras.” Diss. University of Florida, 2008. Abstract. (nd): n. page. Internet. November 20, 2013. “Intangible cultural heritage. » RSS. NP, 2008. Web. November 20. 2013.