Ngäbere
E10726
Ngäbere is an indigenous Chibchan language spoken primarily by the Ngäbe people in Panama and parts of Costa Rica.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chibchan language
ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Guaymí
ⓘ
Ngäbe ⓘ Ngäbere language ⓘ |
| countryStatusInPanama | indigenous language ⓘ |
| endangermentFactors |
Spanish language dominance
ⓘ
migration to urban areas ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Guaymí
ⓘ
surface form:
Guaymí people
Ngäbe people ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTransliteration |
Ngäbe
ⓘ
surface form:
Ngawbe
Ngobe ⓘ |
| hasBasicWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| hasDomainUsage |
community gatherings
ⓘ
home ⓘ local markets ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | ngab1239 ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticRelation | Buglere language ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticRelationType | closely related ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive tone (in some analyses)
ⓘ
nasal vowels ⓘ simple consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasRevitalizationEfforts |
bilingual education programs
ⓘ
community language projects ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticFeature |
intergenerational transmission decreasing in some areas
ⓘ
strong association with Ngäbe cultural identity ⓘ |
| hasTypologicalFeature |
postpositions rather than prepositions
ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | gym ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Chibchan languages ⓘ |
| languageStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| primaryRegion |
Ngäbe-Buglé Comarca
ⓘ
western Panama ⓘ |
| regionType | rural areas ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Costa Rica
ⓘ
Panama ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Guaymí
ⓘ
surface form:
Guaymiic
|
| usedAlongside | Spanish ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication among Ngäbe people
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ traditional rituals ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.