Bribri language
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| Bribri | |
|---|---|
| Talamanca | |
| Spoken in | Costa Rica. |
| Ethnicity | Bribri people |
| Native speakers | 11,000 (date missing) |
| Language family | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bzd |
The Bribri language is a tonal SOV language spoken by the Bribri people from Costa Rica. It belongs to the Chibchan language family and there are about 11,000 speakers.[1]
[edit] Phonology
Bribi, like its sister language Cabecar, has nasal harmony.
[edit] References
- ^ "Ethnologue". http://www.ethnologue.com///15/show_language.asp?code=bzd. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
[edit] External links
- A grammatical description of Bribri, in Spanish
- Discussion of Bribri nasal harmony
- Bribri's entry on the WALS
- A Bribri course with audio files: Jara Murillo, Carla con Alí García Segura. 2008. Materiales y Ejercicios para el Curso de Bribri I, Universidad de Costa Rica.
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