Informationen von: “Chibchan Languages” (391-439) . Constenla Umaña, Adolfo (2012) , Lyle Campbell and Verónica Grondona · Mouton de Gruyter
Bedroht
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
8,441
More younger than older speakers,and the population of speakers has tended to remain constant. However, the probabilities of this state being maintained are not high, because of their small number of speakers and the fact that isolation will not continue indefinitely.
DATUM DER INFORMATION
2000
ORTE
Costa Rica
Informationen von: “Meso-America” (197-209) . William Adelaar and J. Diego Quesada (2007) , Christopher Moseley · London and New York: Routledge
"Cabécar is the only language of Costa Rica that has monolingual speakers, basically women" (Adelaar & Quesada 2007:198).
Informationen von: “World Oral Literature Project” .
Bedroht
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
8,840
Informationen von: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press
Informationen von: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
8,840
9,308
8,840 (2000). 7,070 monolinguals. The only language in Costa Rica with monolingual speakers, mostly women (Adelaar 2007). Ethnic population: 9,310 (2000) (2013, no change).