Cabécar language
| Cabécar | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Costa Rica |
| Region | Turrialba Region (Cartago Province) |
| Ethnicity | Cabécar people 13,000 (2011 census) |
Native speakers | 11,000 (2011) 2,000 monolingual (2015) |
Chibchan
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| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cjp |
| Glottolog | cabe1245 |
| ELP | Cabécar |
The Cabécar language is an indigenous American language of the Chibchan language family spoken by the Cabécar people in the inland Turrialba Region, Cartago Province, Costa Rica. As of 2007, 2,000 speakers were monolingual. It is the only indigenous language in Costa Rica with monolingual adults. The language is also known by its dialect names Chirripó, Estrella, Telire, and Ujarrás.