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Chibchan Languages
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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

8,441

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More younger than older speakers,and the population of speakers has tended to remain constant. However, the probabilities of this state being maintained are not high, because of their small number of speakers and the fact that isolation will not continue indefinitely.

Year of info

2012

Location and Context

Countries

Costa Rica

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Native Speakers Worldwide

8,840

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Ethnic Population

9,308

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

8,840 (2000). 7,070 monolinguals. The only language in Costa Rica with monolingual speakers, mostly women (Adelaar 2007). Ethnic population: 9,310 (2000) (2013, no change).

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Costa Rica;

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Location description

Turrialba region.

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Turrialba region.

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Non-monolingual speakers

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"Cabécar is the only language of Costa Rica that has monolingual speakers, basically women" (Adelaar & Quesada 2007:198).

Year of info

2007

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Year of info

2005

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Coordinates

9.75,-83.4166666667

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Native Speakers Worldwide

8,840

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  1. Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University
    2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
  2. World Oral Literature Project
    "World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.
    http://www.oralliterature.org
  3. Meso-America
    Adelaar, William and J. Diego Quesada. 2007. "Meso-America." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by Christopher Moseley. 197-209. London and New York: Routledge.
  4. Chibchan Languages
    Constenla Umaña, Adolfo. 2012. "Chibchan Languages." In Languages of South America: A Comprehensive Guide, edited by Lyle Campbell and Verónica Grondona. Mouton de Gruyter.
  5. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
    Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)
    http://www.ethnologue.com/
  6. The World Atlas of Language Structures
    2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.
  7. Los Clasificadores Numerales en los Dialectos Cabecares de Ujarras y Chirripo
    Richards, Mafalda Bertoglia. 1983. "Los Clasificadores Numerales En Los Dialectos Cabecares De Ujarras Y Chirripo." In Estudios de Lingüística Chibcha, II: 3-13.
  8. Diccionario cabécar-español, español-cabécar
    Margery Peña Enrique. 1989. "Diccionario Cabécar-español, Español-cabécar." Editorial de la Universidad de Costa Rica.