Cabécar language

The Cabécar language is an indigenous American language of the Chibchan language family spoken by the Cabécar people in the inland Turrialba Region, Cartago Province, Costa Rica. As of 2007, 2,000 speakers were monolingual. It is the only indigenous language in Costa Rica with monolingual adults. The language is also known by its dialect names Chirripó, Estrella, Telire, and Ujarrás.

Cabécar
Native toCosta Rica
RegionTurrialba Region (Cartago Province)
EthnicityCabécar people 13,000 (2011 census)
Native speakers
11,000 (2011)
2,000 monolingual (2015)
Chibchan
Writing system
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3cjp
Glottologcabe1245
ELPCabécar
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.