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About DIPALICORI

The platform DIPALICORI (Linguistic Diversity and Heritage of Costa Rica) has two functions. On the one hand, it is a repository of various materials (books, songs, audios, documentaries, photographic and video documentation, dictionaries, teaching materials, etc.) in the different languages spoken in the territory of the present Republic of Costa Rica. All these materials can be consulted and downloaded for free... (Read more)

 

Linguistic Diversity of Costa Rica

At present, Costa Rican linguistic diversity is made up of seven Indigenous languages of the Americas with very different states of vitality depending on the town (Sánchez 2009, 2013, 2014). Bribri, which is spoken in the canton of Talamanca, in the province of Limón, and in the canton of... (Read more)

Bribri

The Bribri language is spoken in two regions: on the Atlantic slope...

Brunca / Boruca / Brúncajc / Brúnkajk

The Boruca language is known by its speakers as Div Tégat, and...

Buglere / Bocotá

The Buglere language (Buglé, Bocotá, Bocotá de Chiriquí, Sabanero Guaymí) is spoken…

Cabécar

The Cabécar language is spoken in the canton of Buenos Aires, in the province...

Chorotega

The Chorotega (Mangue) language was spoken in some regions of Nicaragua and the north...

Limonese Creole / Creole English / Limonese English / Mekaytelyw

Description and documentation of the language...

Linguistic Diversity of Costa Rica / Languages of Costa Rica

At present, Costa Rican linguistic diversity is made up of seven...

Spanish of Costa Rica

Description and documentation of the language...

Huetar

The Huetar (Güetar) language was spoken before the Spanish Conquest in...

Language of Brorán / Térraba / Naso / Brorán

The language of Brorán is the Costa Rican variety of the Naso language,...

Lesco / Costa Rican Sign Language

Description and documentation of the language. Available resources in DIPALICORI...

Malecu / Maleku / Malécu Jáica / Guatuso

The Malecu language (Maleku, Malécu lhaíca, Malécu Jaíca, Maléku lhaíca, Maléku Jaíca,...

Ngäbere / Ngäbe / Ngöbere / Novere / Nove / Guaymí

The Ngäbere language, traditionally known as Guaymí, and recently as Novere, Nove,...