Also Known As:
Brunca, Brunka, Brúncajc, Brúnkajk
Dialects & Varieties
Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition
Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2015. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Eighteenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.
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
Transmission
Transmission 5
There are only a few elderly speakers.
5
Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
30-35
Children:
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Young adults
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
1,000
Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
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Location and Context
Countries
Costa Rica
Location Description
"Puntarenas province: south coast between Playa Bonita and Golfito."
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Spanish [spa]
Number of Other Language Speakers:
"Nearly all"
Domains of Other Languages:
None
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
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Other writing systems used:
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Comments on writing systems:
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Recent Resources
Este es un trabajo de la comunidad boruca que pretende salvar una cultura precolombina por medio de
Efforts made by the Boruca community, by Costa Rican government institutions as well as universities
A child speaking Boruca, a language spoken in the south part of Costa Rica.