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Name:
Boruca
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Boruka; Borunca; Borunka; Brunca; Brunka; Burunca; Burnca
Once Spoken in:
Costa Rica
Number of speakers:
5 (1986 SIL). 30 to 35 nonfluent speakers. Ethnic population: 1,000 (1991)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
5
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
brn
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Chibchan
Parent Subgroup:
Talamanka; Talamancan Subfamily; Talamanca (tala)
Linguist List Status: Extinct Ethnologue Status: Nearly Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Critically Endangered
Endangerment Status
Linguist List Status: Extinct Ethnologue Status: Nearly Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Critically Endangered
Map of Boruca
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