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
Until recently, Boruca language (Costa Rica) was declared extinct.
A young man speaking Boruca in a community reunion at Yimba, in the south part of Costa Rica.
Este es un trabajo de la comunidad boruca que pretende salvar una cultura precolombina por medio de