Chibchan
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Chibchan is a Native American language family of Central and northern South America, encompassing numerous indigenous languages spoken from Honduras to Colombia and Costa Rica.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chibchan canonical | 5 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American language family
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language family ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Chibchan languages
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Macro-Chibchan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent |
North America
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South America ⓘ |
| geographicRange |
from Honduras to Colombia and Costa Rica
ⓘ
from eastern Honduras to northern Colombia ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
complex verbal morphology in many languages
ⓘ
rich system of noun classifiers in some languages ⓘ |
| hasSubfamily |
Magdalena River Chibchan
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Paya–Chibchan NERFINISHED ⓘ Talamanca Chibchan NERFINISHED ⓘ Votic Chibchan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesLanguage |
Barí
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Boruca NERFINISHED ⓘ Bribri NERFINISHED ⓘ Buglere NERFINISHED ⓘ Cabécar NERFINISHED ⓘ Chánguena NERFINISHED ⓘ Cuna NERFINISHED ⓘ Damana NERFINISHED ⓘ Guatuso NERFINISHED ⓘ Guaymí NERFINISHED ⓘ Ika NERFINISHED ⓘ Kogi NERFINISHED ⓘ Kuna NERFINISHED ⓘ Maleku NERFINISHED ⓘ Ngäbere NERFINISHED ⓘ Pech NERFINISHED ⓘ Rama NERFINISHED ⓘ Teribe NERFINISHED ⓘ Tunebo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamilyBranchOf | American indigenous languages ⓘ |
| region |
Central America
ⓘ
northern South America ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
indigenous peoples of Central America
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indigenous peoples of northern South America ⓘ |
| spokenInCountry |
Belize
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Colombia NERFINISHED ⓘ Costa Rica NERFINISHED ⓘ Ecuador NERFINISHED ⓘ Honduras NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicaragua NERFINISHED ⓘ Panama NERFINISHED ⓘ Venezuela NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | many member languages are endangered ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
anthropological linguistics
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historical linguistics ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script (for many member languages) ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.