Ngäbere / Ngäbe / Ngöbere / Novere / Nove / Guaymí

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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% (about 2,838) of the population living in the territories.

Buglere / Bocotá

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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

Huetar

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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

Malecu / Maleku / Malécu Jáica / Guatuso

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The Malecu language (Maleku, Malecu lhaíca, Malecu jaíca, Maléku lhaíca, Maléku jaíca, traditionally known as guatuso in language descriptions) is spoken in the canton of Guatuso, province of Alajuela. While there are no detailed studies in this regard, based on a pronunciation feature, members of this town often claim that there are two geographical varieties:

Cabécar

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The cabecar language is spoken in the canton of Buenos Aires, province of Puntarenas, and in the canton of Talamanca, province of Limón. Two large geographical varieties are recognized: the southern variety (towns of Ujarrás and San José Cabecar) and the northern variety (regions of Chirripó and La Estrella) (Margery 1989). This language belongs to the