Teribe is a

language Language is a structured system of communication. The structure of a language is its grammar and the free components are its vocabulary. Languages are the primary means by which humans communicate, and may be conveyed through a variety of ...

spoken by the Naso or Teribe Indians; it is used primarily in the

Bocas del Toro Province Bocas del Toro (; meaning "Mouth of the Bull") is a province of Panama. Its area is 4,643.9 square kilometers, comprising the mainland and nine main islands. The province consists of the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Bahía Almirante (Almirante B ...

of northwestern

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and in the southern part of Costa Rica's Puntarenas Province, but is almost extinct in the latter. It is part of the

Chibchan The Chibchan languages (also Chibchan, Chibchano) make up a language family indigenous to the Isthmo-Colombian Area, which extends from eastern Honduras to northern Colombia and includes populations of these countries as well as Nicaragua, Costa ...

language family, in the Talamanca branch. There are currently about 3,000 speakers, nearly all of whom speak

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as well. The language is of the OVS type. Its

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-3 code is tfr.

Writing system

Teribe also uses the ll with diaeresis centered over the letters.http://software.sil.org/doulos/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2015/11/DoulosSIL-features5.000.pdf

References

External links

Teribe phonology
Languages of Panama Languages of Costa Rica Chibchan languages Object–verb–subject languages {{indigenousAmerican-lang-stub