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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Americas > Costa Rica > Cabécar

Cabécar

A language of Costa Rica

ISO 639-3cjp

Population  8,840 (2000). 7,072 monolinguals (80%). Ethnic population: 9,308 (2000).
Region  Turrialba region.
Language map  Costa Rica
Alternate names   Chirripó
Dialects  Chirripó, Telire, Estrella, Ujarrás.
Classification  Chibchan, Talamanca
Language development  Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1993.
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  Identified historically with Huetares. SOV.