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The Guatuso Language > LINGUIST List Language Search

Name: Guatuso
Alternate Names: Maléku Jaíka; Watuso-Wétar; Guetar; Watuso
Once Spoken in: Costa Rica
Number of speakers: 750 (2000). Ethnic population: 1,074 (2000) (Ethnologue)
Number of speakers: 300 (UNESCO)
Number of speakers: 750 (World Oral Literature Project)
Code: gut
Code Authority: ISO 639-3
Code Standard: SIL
Families: Chibchan
Parent Subgroup: Ramarama; Rama; Ramaráman; Votic (rama)
Child Dialect: Guetar; Huetar (gut-hue)

Endangerment Status


Linguist List Status: Extinct
UNESCO Status: Severely endangered
Ethnologue Status: Not listed
Sutherland's Red List: Vulnerable

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