Indian Tribes
Indian Tribes
Boruca:
Population: 5 women (1986 SIL). 30 to 35 nonfluent speakers. Ethnic population: 1,000 (1991).
Region: Southern coast between Playa Bonita and Golfito.
Alternate names: Borunca, Burunca, Brunca, Brunka.
Classification: Chibchan, Talamanca.
Language use: Nearly all speak only Spanish.
Comments: SOV.
Agriculturalists: maize, beans, vegetables; hunters; gatherers. Nearly extinct.
Boruca Indian Tribe
Bribri
Population: 11,000 (2002).
Ethnic population: 12,172 (2000).
Region: Southern, along Lari, Telire, and Uren rivers, Canton of Talamanca, Limon
Province; Canton of Buenos Aires, Puntarenas Province.
Alternate names: Talamanca.
Dialects: Salitre-Cabagra, Amubre-Katsi, Coroma. Closest to, but unintelligible to speakers of Cabecar, Guatuso, and Teribe. At least 3 major dialects which are inherently intelligible to each other’s speakers.
Classification: Chibchan, Talamanca.
Language Use: 75% of the ethnic group are speakers. Used in the home. All ages. Speakers also use Spanish.
Language Development: Literacy rate in first language: 2% to 3%. Literacy rate in second.
Language: 50% read halting Spanish. Bible portions: 1905-1994.
Bribri Indian Tribe
Cabecar
Population: 8,840 (2000). 7,072 monolinguals (80%).
Ethnic population: 9,308 (2000).
Region: Turrialba Region.
Alternate Names: Chirripo.
Dialects: Chirripo, Telire, Estrella, Ujarras.
Classification: Chibchan, Talamanca.
Language use: 95% of the ethnic group are speakers. Bilingual level estimates for Spanish: 0 80%, 1’5 20%.
Cabecar Indian Tribe
Maleku Jai�ka:
Population: 750 (2000).
Ethnic population: 1,074 (2000).
Region: Nothern.
Alternate names: Guatuso.
Classification: Chibchan, Rama.
Language Use: 70% of the ethnic group are speakers. Bilingual level estimates. Spanish: 0 0%, 1 0%, 2 4%, 3 58%, 4 37%, 5 1%.
Comments: Agriculturalists: tubers, bananas, white cacao; hunters.
Maleku Indian Tribe
Chorotega:
Population: Extinct.
Ethnic population: 795 (2000).
Region: Some from the ethnic group live near Tuturrialba. They were originally from the Guanacaste Region near the Nicaraguan border. Some were also in El Salvador and Honduras.
Alternate names: Choluteca, Mangue, Diria, Orotina.
Dialects: Chorotega, Diria, Nagrandan, Nicoya, Orisi, Orotinya (Orotina).
Classification: Oto-Manguean, Chiapanec-Mangue.
Language use: Became extinct in Costa Rica the end of the 18th century, in Nicaragua in the 19th century.
Comments: Reported to have been quite similar to Chiapanec of Mexico.
Chorotega Indian Tribe
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oluko 2009-11-05 09:56:11
My grandchild’s father is a Honduran and my daughter is an African American. I am trying to find the name of the tribe that his ancestors come from. They really don’t know. They are from Olancho and his grandfather is from Nicaragua. Due to the cruel nature of the African slave trade, we are unable to trace our roots. I want her to have some first hand knowledge of one of her culture/lineage. Can you help me help her?
thank you.
melissa gallegos 2009-12-02 14:49:26
Thank you for making this site on all the Indian Tribes it really helped me and my partner on a project!
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