Teribe language

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Teribe
Térraba, Tiribi, Teribe, Norteño, Quequexque, Naso
Spoken in Panama Panama
Costa Rica Costa Rica
Region In Panama:
Bocas del Toro Province, Chiriquí Province.
In Costa Rica:
Limón Province, Puntarenas Province.
Ethnicity Naso people
Native speakers 3000  (date missing)
Language family
Language codes
ISO 639-3 tfr

Teribe is a language spoken by the Naso or Teribe Indians; it is used primarily in the Bocas del Toro Province of northwestern Panama and in the southern part of Costa Rica's Puntarenas Province, but is almost extinct in the latter. It is part of the Chibchan language family, in the Talamanca branch. There are currently about 3,000 speakers, nearly all of whom speak Spanish as well. The language is of the OVS type. Its ISO 639-3 code is tfr.

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