Talamanca languages
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The Talamanca languages are a well-defined branch of Chibchan languages
spoken in central–southern Costa Rica and northern Panama. They are:
Chibchan languages
The Chibchan languages make up a language family indigenous to the Isthmo-Colombian area, which extends from eastern Honduras to northern Colombia and includes populations of these countries as well as Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama...
spoken in central–southern Costa Rica and northern Panama. They are:
- Huetar (Güetar), BribriBribri languageThe Bribri language is a tonal SOV language spoken by the Bribri people from Costa Rica. It belongs to the Chibchan language family and there are about 11,000 speakers.-External links:* * * *...
(Talamanca), CabécarCabécar languageThe Cabécar language is an indigenous American language of the Chibchan language family which is spoken in Costa Rica. Specifically, it is spoken in the inland Turrialba Region of the Cartago Province. According to Ethnologue there were only 8,840 Cabécar speakers in 2000 with 80% of these...
(Talamanca), Chánguena, TeribeTeribe languageTeribe is a language spoken by the Naso or Teribe Indians; it is used primarily in the Bocas del Toro Province of northwestern Panama and in the southern part of Costa Rica's Puntarenas Province, but is almost extinct in the latter. It is part of the Chibchan language family, in the Talamanca...
(Quequexque, Naso), and maybe Movere (Move).