Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
Threatened
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,090
5,360
169,000 in Panama (2000 census). Population total all countries: 174,100 (2013).
DATE OF INFO
2000
PLACES
Panama, Costa Rica
LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Panama: Northeastern Chiriqui, Bocas del Toro, western Veraguas, western provinces. Also in Costa Rica.
Information from: “Gramática de la lengua guaymí (ngäbe)” . Miguel Ángel Quesada Pacheco (2008) Lincom Europa
At risk
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
165,563
163,000 native speakers in Panama; 2,563 native speakers in Costa Rica.
DATE OF INFO
2000
PLACES
Panama; Costa Rica
LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Spoken in Comarca Ngäbe-Buglé community in Panama. Spoken in the following communities in Costa Rica: Coto Brus, Abrojos-Montezuma, Conte Burica, and the Osa Peninsula.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
Comarca Ngäbe-Buglé, Panama:
Chiriquí Province (Barú, Boquete, Bugaba, David, Remedios, San Félix, San Lorenzo, and Tolé districts); Veraguas Province (Cañazas and Las Palmas districts); Bocas del Toro Province (Changuinola district).
Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press