Ngäbere language
E64356
The Ngäbere language is an indigenous Chibchan language spoken primarily by the Ngäbe people of Panama and Costa Rica.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chibchan language
→
indigenous language → language → |
| alternateName |
Guaymí
→
Ngäbe → Ngäbere-Buglé → |
| associatedWithTerritory |
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 (6)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Buglere language
→
Guna language → |
closelyRelatedTo |
|
Ngäbere
→
|
alternateName |
|
Guaymí
→
|
currentLanguageName |
|
Ngäbe people
→
|
language |
|
Buglere language
→
|
sharesFeaturesWith |