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Teribe

A language of Panama

ISO 639-3: tfr

Population	3,000 in Panama (1996 SIL). Population total all countries: 3,005.
Region	Northwest area, Changuinola, Teribe River. Also in Costa Rica.
Language map	Panama
Alternate names	Naso, Nortenyo, Quequexque, Terraba, Tiribi, Tirribi
Classification	Chibchan, Talamanca
Language use	Also use Spanish.
Language development	Bible portions: 1979–1984.
Comments	‘Naso’ speakers preferred name. OVS. Swidden agriculturalists.

Also spoken in:

Costa Rica

Language name	Teribe
Population	5 in Costa Rica (1991 SIL). Ethnic population: 35 to 300 in Costa Rica (1991 SIL).
Region	Southeast, north coast.
Language map	Costa Rica
Alternate names	Terraba
Language use	Terraba in Costa Rica who know little Teribe want to relearn the language and culture (1991).

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Grimes, Joseph E., editor. 1986. Sentence initial devices.  

Heinze, Carol. 1979. Cursillo de asimilación: Teribe.

Hollenbach, Barbara E. 1991. Review of: Sentence initial devices, by Joseph E. Grimes, editor.

Koontz, Carol and Joanne Anderson. 1974. "Fonología teribe."

Koontz, Carol and Joanne Anderson. 1975. "Los elementos verbales y la oración en teribe."

Koontz, Carol and Joanne Anderson. 1977. "Connectives in Teribe."  

Koontz, Carol and Joanne Anderson. 1977. "La derivación de una ortografía teribe."

Koontz, Carol and Joanne Anderson. 1978. "Los enlaces en el discurso teribe."

Koontz, Carol. 1977. "Features of dialogue within narrative discourse in Teribe."  

Koontz, Carol. 1978. "Características del diálogo en el discurso narrativo teribe."

Levinsohn, Stephen H. 1975. "El bokotá, el guaymí y el teribe, respecto al proto-chibcha."

Levinsohn, Stephen H., editor. 1975. Observaciones preliminares sobre los sistemas gramaticales de las lenguas chibchas.

Longacre, Robert E. and Frances M. Woods, editors. 1977. Discourse grammar: Studies in indigenous languages of Colombia, Panama, and Ecuador, 2.  

Longacre, Robert E. and Frances M. Woods, editors. 1977. Discourse grammar: Studies in indigenous languages of Colombia, Panama, and Ecuador, 3.  

Oakes, Perry J. 2001. "A description of Teribe phonology."  

Schatz, Carol K. 1985. "Escenificación en el discurso teribe."

Schatz, Carol K. 1986. "Staging in Teribe discourse."  

Vernacular Publications

L̈lëbo kjl̈oshko so, öng ushko so, e l̈anyo. 2003.

Llëbo kloshkoso e ön ushkoso e lanyo. 1979.

Llëbo ñaglo lok kibokwogo ëre e lanyo (Vocabulario ilustrado teribe-español). 1980.

L̈lgwirwa obl̈ë obl̈ë, e l̈anyo. 2003.

Llwirwa oblë oblë e lanyo. 1979.

Naso tëyo oblë oblë sdëkwo e lanyo. 1980.

Shji naso mã l̈ök sorë, e l̈anyo. 2003.

Tjl̈apga dëna tjl̈õkwo. 2003.

Tlapga dena llëye sharyono batok dö e lanyo. 1979.