Endangered Languages Project - Boruca

Boruca

^{[aka Brunca,Brunka,Brúncajc]}

Classification: Chibchan

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awakening

ALSO KNOWN AS		Brunca,Brunka,Brúncajc,Brúnkajk
CLASSIFICATION		Chibchan, Isthmic
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		brn
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Boruca: behind the mask” .

Awakening
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"The language experienced a revival in the 1970s when efforts for cultural preservation began."

MORE ON VITALITY

"Today, the language is taught in schools through the fifth grade."

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3 (Adelaar 2007). 30–35 nonfluent speakers. Ethnic population: 1,000 (1991).
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
1,000
SEMI SPEAKERS
30-35
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"3 (Adelaar 2007). 30–35 nonfluent speakers. Ethnic population: 1,000 (1991)."

DATE OF INFO: 2007

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

"Elderly only."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Spanish [spa]

PLACES: Costa Rica

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Puntarenas province: south coast between Playa Bonita and Golfito."

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5
Native speakers worldwide

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3
Native speakers worldwide
CHILDREN
0
YOUNG ADULTS
0
OLDER ADULTS
0
ELDERS
3

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "Language attitude was apparently the ultimate reason for decay, as younger generations utterly despised the language. The Boruca sense of identity is in their craftsmanship, not the language." (Adelaar 2007:198)

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

8.83333333333,-83.25

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Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press