Maléku language
E535917
The Maléku language is an indigenous Chibchan language spoken by the Maléku people of northern Costa Rica, known for its endangered status and rich oral tradition.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chibchan language
ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Guatuso
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guatuso language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Maléku cultural heritage ⓘ |
| country | Costa Rica ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Maléku NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialects | none significant ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
kinship terminology
ⓘ
mythology ⓘ traditional ecological knowledge ⓘ |
| hasEndangermentFactors |
intergenerational transmission decline
ⓘ
shift to Spanish ⓘ small speaker population ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | guat1250 ⓘ |
| hasISO6393Code | gut ⓘ |
| hasLegalStatus | recognized indigenous language of Costa Rica ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticResearch |
descriptive grammars
ⓘ
lexicons and dictionaries ⓘ text collections ⓘ |
| hasMorphology | agglutinative features ⓘ |
| hasPhonology |
contrastive nasalization
ⓘ
five-vowel system ⓘ simple consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasSpeakers | few hundred (approximate) ⓘ |
| hasTypology | SOV word order (tendency) ⓘ |
| isMinorityLanguageIn | Costa Rica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Votic branch of Chibchan (often classified) ⓘ |
| isTaughtIn | local community schools (limited) ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Chibchan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeName | Maléku jaíka ⓘ |
| region |
Alajuela Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guatuso canton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revitalizationEfforts |
bilingual education initiatives
ⓘ
community-based language programs ⓘ documentation by linguists ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Maléku people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Costa Rica
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northern Costa Rica ⓘ |
| status | endangered ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication within community
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ ritual practices ⓘ songs ⓘ traditional stories ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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