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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

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. Although there are no detailed studies on this, based on a pronunciation feature, the members of this town often claim that there are two geographical varieties: the one spoken in the villages of Margarita and El Sol, and the one spoken in the

The Boruca language is known for its speakers as div tégat, and means' our spoken '(div' our ', tégat' spoken '), or also brún-caric, for which reason it is also known as brunca. It belongs to the western isthmic group of the chibcha language family (Constella 2011: 137). According to Quesada Pacheco (2018: 15), the Borucas live in the southern region of Costa Rica, specifically in the district of Boruca, canton of Buenos Aires

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 isthmic group, Western isthmic branch, vice substrama, of the Chibcha family (Constella 2008). According to