Guaymí language

Ngäbere
Movere, Guaymi
Ngäbere
Pronunciation[ŋɔˈbeɾe]
Native toPanama, Costa Rica
RegionCentral America
EthnicityNgäbe
Native speakers
170,000 (2012 census)
Chibchan
  • Guaymi languages
    • Ngäbere
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3gym
Glottologngab1239
ELPGuaymí

Guaymí, or Ngäbere, also known as Movere, Chiriquí, and Valiente, is a Chibchan language spoken by the Indigenous Ngäbe people in Panama and Costa Rica. The people refer to themselves as Ngäbe ([ˈŋɔbe]) and to their language as Ngäbere [ŋɔˈbeɾe]. The Ngäbes are the most populous of Panama's several Indigenous peoples. The language is centered in Panama within the semi-autonomous Indigenous reservation known as the Comarca Ngäbe-Buglé. Beginning in the 1950s, Costa Rica began to receive Ngäbe immigrants, where they are found in several Indigenous reservations: Abrojos Montezuma, Conteburica, Coto Brus, Guaymí de Alto Laguna de Osa, and Altos de San Antonio.