Boruca language

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The Boruca language is an endangered indigenous Chibchan language spoken by the Boruca people of southern Costa Rica.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Boruca language canonical 2

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chibchan language
endangered language
indigenous language
language
associatedWith Boruca culture NERFINISHED
Boruca identity
belongsTo Native American languages
indigenous languages of Costa Rica
continent North America
country Costa Rica
documentationStatus poorly documented
endangeredStatus endangered
ethnicGroup Boruca people NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Boruca-Brunka NERFINISHED
Borunca NERFINISHED
Bronka
Brunka
hasCommunityOrganizationSupport yes
hasLanguageRevitalizationEfforts yes
hasLinguisticCode ISO 639-3: brn
hasLinguisticResearch yes
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative tendencies
hasOralTradition yes
hasPhonologicalFeature typical Chibchan consonant inventory
historicalRegion southern Pacific region of Costa Rica
ISO639-3Code brn
isPartOf Chibchan language area
languageFamily Chibchan languages NERFINISHED
languageShiftTo Spanish NERFINISHED
macroArea Central America NERFINISHED
numberOfSpeakers very few fluent speakers
primaryContactLanguage Spanish NERFINISHED
region Boruca indigenous territory NERFINISHED
Puntarenas Province NERFINISHED
spokenBy Boruca people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Costa Rica NERFINISHED
southern Costa Rica
status severely endangered
subfamily Boruca–Talamanca branch NERFINISHED
transmissionToChildren largely interrupted
UNESCOEndangermentCategory severely endangered
usedFor cultural practices
traditional ceremonies
usedInEducation limited community-based teaching
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chibchan languages languageFamilyOf Boruca language
Indigenous people of Costa Rica language Boruca language