Teribe language explained

Teribe
Nativename:Térraba, Tiribi, Teribe, Norteño, Quequexque, Naso Tjerdi
States:Panama, Costa Rica
Region:In Panama:
Bocas del Toro Province, Chiriquí Province.
In Costa Rica:
Limón Province, Puntarenas Province.
Ethnicity:Naso people
Speakers:3,300
Date:2007
Ref:e18
Familycolor:American
Fam1:Chibchan
Fam2:Talamanca
Iso3:tfr
Glotto:teri1250
Glottorefname:Teribe

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.

Writing system

Teribe alphabet (Panama)
a ã ä b ch d e 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.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Font Features for Doulos SIL . 2014 . SIL.org.