Teribe is a language spoken by the Naso or Teribe people. It is used primarily in the Naso Tjër Di Comarca and 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.
| Teribe | |
|---|---|
| Térraba, Tiribi, Teribe, Norteño, Quequexque, Naso Tjerdi | |
| Native to | Panama, Costa Rica |
| Region | In Panama: Naso Tjër Di Comarca, Bocas del Toro Province, Chiriquí Province. In Costa Rica: Limón Province, Puntarenas Province. |
| Ethnicity | Naso people |
Native speakers | 3,300 (2007)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tfr |
| Glottolog | teri1250 |
| ELP | Teribe |
Writing system
edit| a | ã | ä | b | ch | d | e | ẽ | ë | g | gw | i | ĩ | j | k | kw | l |
| ll | m | n | ñ | o | õ | ö | p | r | s | sh | t | u | ũ | w | y | z |
Teribe also uses the ll with diaeresis centered over the letters.[3]
References
edit- ^ Teribe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Gamarra A. & Villagra S. 1980, p. 5.
- ^ "Font Features for Doulos SIL" (PDF). SIL.org. 2014.
Sources
edit- Gamarra A., Enrique; Villagra S., Inocencio (1980). Llëbo ñaglo lok kibokwogo ëre e lanyo = Vocabulario ilustrado teribe-español (in Teribe and Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Cultura & Instituto Lingüístico de Verano.
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