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Costa Rica

Languages

Description

The official and predominant language of Costa Rica is Spanish. The variety spoken there, Costa Rican Spanish, is a form of Central American Spanish.

There are six indigenous languages that are still currently used by their respective populations in Costa Rica. All of them belong to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chibchan_languagesChibcha language family. Those languages include:

• Maléku - Also called Maléku Jaíka, Malecu, Guatuso, Watuso-Wétar, and Guetar
• Cabécar - Also known by its dialect names Chirripó, Estrella, Telire, and Ujarrás
• Bribri - Also known as Bri-bri, Bribriwak, and Bribri-wak
• Guna or Kuna - Formerly known as Cuna
• Guaymí or Ngäbere - Also known as Movere, Chiriquí, and Valiente
• Buglere - Also known as Bugle, Murire and Muoy

Word List(s)

Spanish

• Spanish Genealogical Word List
• Useful Spanish phrases (Omniglot)

Maléku

• Maléku Vocabulary (Wikipedia)

Cabécar

• Language/Cabecar (PolyglotWiki)

Bribri

Guna or Kuna

• Basic Kuna Dictionary, Words, Phrases

Guaymí or Ngäbere

• Guaymí or Ngäbere Useful phrases (Wikipedia)

Buglere

Alphabet and Pronunciation

Spanish

• Spanish Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omniglot)
• Spanish Pronunciation Dictionary (Forvo)
• Spanish grammar (Wikipedia)

Maléku

• Maléku Phonology (Wikipedia)
• Maléku Grammar (Wikipedia)

Cabécar

• Cabécar Phonology (Wikipedia)
• Cabécar Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omniglot)

Bribri

• Bribri Phonology (Wikipedia)
• Bribri Alphabet (Wikipedia)
• Bribri Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omniglot)

Guna or Kuna

• Guna or Kuna Phonology (Wikipedia)
• Kuna Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omniglot)

Guaymí or Ngäbere

• Guaymí or Ngäbere Writing system and pronunciation (Wikipedia)
• Guaymí Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omniglot)

Buglere

• Buglere Phonology (Wikipedia)
• Buglere Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omniglot)

Language Aids and Dictionaries

Spanish

• Spanish Letter Writing Guide
• Spanish Handwriting Clarified
• Learn Spanish (duolingo)
• Spanish dictionary (Lexilogos)
• English to Spanish Dictionary (Glosbe)
• The Spanish Script Tutorial (byu.ed)

Maléku

• English to Maléku Jaíka Dictionary (Glosbe)
• The Indigenous Maleku People (Peopleoftheworld)

Cabécar

• English to Cabécar Dictionary (Glosbe)
• The Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America : Cabéçar. Austin, Texas: The Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America, 2003. Available at: WorldCat.

Bribri

• English to Bribri Dictionary (Glosbe)
• The Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America : Bribri. Austin, Texas: The Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America, 2003. Available at: WorldCat.

Guna or Kuna

• English to San Blas Kuna Dictionary (Glosbe)

Guaymí or Ngäbere

• English to Ngäbere Dictionary (Glosbe)
• Reid, Ephraim S. Alphonse. Guaymí grammar and dictionary : with some ethnological notes. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1956. Available at: WorldCat.

Buglere

• English to Buglere Dictionary (Glosbe)

Additional Resources

• Costa Rica (Britannica)
• Boruca, Bribri, And Cabécar (Encyclopedia)
• Vladisavljevic, Branislava and Thomas B. Kohnstamm. Costa Rican Spanish phrasebook & dictionary. Great Britain: Lonely Planet, 2013. Available at: WorldCat.