On this site you will find the edition of Chisha language studies published in 2001- 2002 by the University of Costa Rica, separated by the main themes of it. These publications are part of the historical and cultural heritage of the institution and are made available to the public under an open access model, which means that each copy can be freely consulted, read and downloaded, without any restrictions or cost. The portal is managed by the team
In this site you will find the edition of Chisha language studies published in 1991 by the University of Costa Rica, separated by the main themes of it. These publications are part of the historical and cultural heritage of the institution and are made available to the public under an open access model, which means that each copy can be freely consulted, read and downloaded, without any restrictions or cost. The portal is managed by the team
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Description and documentation of the language
The Gnäbere language, traditionally known as guaymi, and recently as novere, novere, movere, ngäbe, ngöbe, ngäbére, is spoken in the cantons of Buenos Aires, Golfito, Coto Brus and Corredores, province of Puntarenas. According to the 2011 National Population Census, the language is 77.7 per cent (about 2,838) of the population living in the official territories. In Panama it is the largest original population and the language has a
Description and documentation of the language
The Buglere language (Buglé, Bocotá, Bocotá de Chiriquí, guaymi sabanero) is spoken in the cantons of Osa, Corredores, Golfito and Coto Brus, province of Puntarenas. Originally their speakers come from the south-eastern region of Chiriquí, provice of Veraguas, Panama, from where they emigrated to Costa Rica along with groups of noves (Margery and Rodriguez 1992). The number of speakers and people who identify themselves as members of this town in
The Huetar language (güetar) was spoken, before the Spanish Conquista, in the Central Valley of the current coastal territory and the basin of the Grande de Tárcoles and Virilla rivers, to the mouth of the first in the Pacific Ocean and the Siquirres plains in the Atlantic (Constula 1984; Quesada 1996; Ibarra 1990, 1999). The various Huetar kingdoms were submitted by the conquerors since the 16th century and the population
The chorotega (mangue) was spoken in regions of Nicaragua and northern Costa Rica (Nicoya Peninsula and the eastern coast of the Gulf of Nicoya). The speakers of this language arrived in Costa Rica as a result of their emigration from Mexico between the 8th and 13th centuries AD (Constenla 1988, Quirós 2002), but by the 17th century they are assumed to be very cultured (Solórzano and Quirós 2006). This language seems to have
At present, Costa Rican linguistic diversity is made up of seven Indo-American languages with many different states of vitality according to the village (Sánchez 2009, 2013, 2014): The bribri, spoken in the canton of Talamanca, province of Limón, and in the canton of Buenos Aires, province of Puntarenas. The Buglere (also known in academic publications as bocotá or guaymi sabanero), spoken in the south of the country, in the province of Puntarenas.
