Cabécar language
E629045
The Cabécar language is an indigenous Chibchan language spoken by the Cabécar people of Costa Rica, known for its complex grammar and status as one of the country’s most vital native languages.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cabécar language canonical | 2 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American indigenous language
ⓘ
Chibchan language ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ language of Costa Rica ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Mesoamerican and Colombian linguistic area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Boruca language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bribri language NERFINISHED ⓘ Teribe language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Costa Rica ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Cabécar people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Cabécar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cavécar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
agricultural practices
ⓘ
indigenous knowledge ⓘ traditional medicine ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
complex grammar
ⓘ
complex system of evidentiality ⓘ ergative or split-ergative alignment tendencies ⓘ noun classifiers ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ tone or complex prosody ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | cabe1245 ⓘ |
| hasGlottologName | Cabécar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | cjp ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType |
agglutinative
ⓘ
polysynthetic tendencies ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
complex consonant inventory
ⓘ
contrastive nasalization ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunity | indigenous reserves of Costa Rica ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature |
use of postpositions
ⓘ
verb-final word order tendencies ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Chibchan language area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
bilingual education materials
ⓘ
grammatical descriptions ⓘ linguistic documentation projects ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Chibchan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Cartago Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Limón Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Talamanca region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Cabécar people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Costa Rica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status |
endangered language
ⓘ
one of the most vital indigenous languages of Costa Rica ⓘ |
| subfamily | Viceitic branch ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Cabécar traditional rituals
ⓘ
local community education ⓘ oral literature ⓘ traditional songs ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.