Bribri language

Bribri language

The Bribri language is a tonal language spoken by the Bribri peoples from Costa Rica. It belongs to the Chibchan language family and there are about 6,000 speakers.

=External Links= [http://webs.uvigo.es/weba575/ldm/resumos/BRIBRI.PDF A grammatical description of Bribri, in Spanish]

[http://inil.ucr.ac.cr/materiales.php A Bribri course with audio files: Jara Murillo, Carla con Alí García Segura. 2008. Materiales y Ejercicios para el Curso de Bribri I, Universidad de Costa Rica.]


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