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Where is Cabécar spoken?

Cabécar is a Chibchan language, spoken in Costa Rica. It is marked on the map by a ringed point.

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Where Cabécar is spoken

Cabécar is spoken in one country: Costa Rica.

Country
Costa Rica

Cabécar has no area on the map because no open area map covers it. The ringed point is the position Glottolog gives for the language.

How many people speak Cabécar?

Wikidata holds no speaker count for this language.

Status: Shifting. Glottolog lists it as shifting: the youngest speakers are adults, and children are growing up speaking another language.

Where Cabécar sits in the language family tree

Glottolog classifies Cabécar as follows, from the largest family down to the language itself.

Chibchan
Core Chibchan
Isthmic Chibchan
Western Isthmic Chibchan
Viceitic
Cabécar

Related languages

Other languages in the Viceitic group:

Bribri

More about Cabécar

Codes: ISO 639-3 cjp, Glottolog cabe1245. Glottolog macroarea: North America.

Questions about Cabécar

Where is Cabécar spoken?

Cabécar is spoken in Costa Rica. On the map it is shown as a single point, because no open area map covers it.

Which language family is Cabécar in?

Glottolog places Cabécar in the Chibchan family, in the branch Core Chibchan, Isthmic Chibchan, Western Isthmic Chibchan and Viceitic.