Bribri

A language of Costa Rica

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Talamanca

Population

11,000 (2002). Ethnic population: 12,200 (2000).

Location

South, Limón Province, Talamanca canton, along Lari, Telire, and Uren rivers; Puntarenas Province, Buenos Aires canton.

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

Amubre-Katsi, Coroma, Salitre-Cabagra. Most similar to, but unintelligible with Cabécar [cjp], Maleku Jaika [gut], and Teribe [tfr].

Typology

SOV

Language Use

Home. All ages. Also use Spanish [spa] but language not seriously endangered.

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 2%–3%. Literacy rate in L2: 50% read halting Spanish. NT: 2007–2010.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script.