Endangered Languages Project - Bocotá

Bocotá

^{[aka Buglere, Bokota, Bogota]}

Classification: Chibchan

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Buglere, Bokota, Bogota, Bofota, Bobota, Bocota, Bukueta, Nortenyo, Murire, Veraguas Sabanero, Bokotá, Bogotá, Sabanero, Boncota, Muoy
CLASSIFICATION		Chibchan, Isthmic
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		sab
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Sabanero Bokotá
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,500
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
18,000 (2012 SIL) (2013).

DATE OF INFO: 1986

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

Vigorous in Bocas, but those in Chiriqui are losing the language (Adelaar 2007).

PLACES: Panama;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Mountains of western Panama.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Bocas Province; small group in Chiriquí Province.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,500
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,500
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Panama; Costa Rica

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Veraguas, Chiriquí

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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