Teribe language

{{Short description|Chibchan language spoken in Central America}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Teribe

|nativename=Térraba, Tiribi, Teribe, Norteño, Quequexque, Naso Tjerdi

|region=In Panama:
Naso Tjër Di Comarca, Bocas del Toro Province, Chiriquí Province.
In Costa Rica:
Limón Province, Puntarenas Province.

|ethnicity=Naso people

|speakers=3,300

|date=2007

|ref=e18

|familycolor=American

|fam1 = Chibchan

|fam2 = Talamanca

|iso3=tfr

|glotto=teri1250

|glottorefname=Teribe

}}

Teribe is a language spoken by the Naso or Teribe people. It is used primarily in the Naso Tjër Di Comarca and the Bocas del Toro Province of northwestern Panama and in the southern part of Costa Rica's Puntarenas Province, but is almost extinct in the latter. It is part of the Chibchan language family, in the Talamanca branch. There are currently about 3,000 speakers, nearly all of whom speak Spanish as well. The language is of the OVS type. Its ISO 639-3 code is tfr.

Writing system

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|+ Teribe alphabet (Panama){{sfn|Gamarra A.|Villagra S.|1980|p=5}}

ẽ

Teribe also uses the ll with diaeresis centered over the letters.{{cite web |url=http://software.sil.org/doulos/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2015/11/DoulosSIL-features5.000.pdf |title=Font Features for Doulos SIL |date=2014 |website=SIL.org}}

References

Sources

{{cite book |last1=Gamarra A. |first1=Enrique |last2=Villagra S. |first2=Inocencio |year=1980 |title=Llëbo ñaglo lok kibokwogo ëre e lanyo = Vocabulario ilustrado teribe-español |url=https://www.sil.org/resources/archives/27338 |language=Teribe, Spanish |publisher=Instituto Nacional de Cultura & Instituto Lingüístico de Verano}}

External links

[https://www.sil.org/resources/archives/7807 Teribe phonology]

Category:Languages of Panama

Category:Languages of Costa Rica

Category:Chibchan languages

Category:Object–verb–subject languages