Ngäbere language
E64356
The Ngäbere language is an indigenous Chibchan language spoken primarily by the Ngäbe people of Panama and Costa Rica.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ngäbere language canonical | 10 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chibchan language
ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Guaymí
ⓘ
Ngäbe ⓘ Ngäbere-Buglé ⓘ |
| associatedWithTerritory |
Ngäbe-Buglé Comarca
ⓘ
surface form:
Comarca Ngäbe-Buglé
|
| closelyRelatedTo | Buglere language ⓘ |
| country |
Costa Rica
ⓘ
Panama ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
central to Ngäbe identity
ⓘ
vehicle of oral literature and traditional knowledge ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Ngäbe people ⓘ |
| grammarType | predominantly SOV word order ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
regional varieties in Panama
ⓘ
varieties in Costa Rica ⓘ |
| hasLanguageRevitalizationEfforts |
bilingual intercultural education initiatives
ⓘ
community-based literacy projects ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive nasalization
ⓘ
rich vowel system ⓘ simple consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasStandardizationEfforts | orthography development in Latin script ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | gym ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Chibchan languages
ⓘ
Guaymiic branch ⓘ |
| morphologyType | agglutinative features ⓘ |
| nativeName | Ngäbere ⓘ |
| populationContext | spoken by tens of thousands of speakers ⓘ |
| region |
Bocas del Toro Province
ⓘ
Chiriquí Province ⓘ Ngäbe-Buglé Comarca ⓘ southern Costa Rica ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Costa Rica
ⓘ
Panama ⓘ |
| status |
indigenous language with significant number of speakers
ⓘ
vulnerable language ⓘ |
| usedBy | Ngäbe communities ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cultural practices
ⓘ
daily communication ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ |
| usedInEducation | bilingual education programs in Panama ⓘ |
| usedInReligion | local religious practices ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.