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Ngäbere

Ngäbere is a Chibchan language spoken in Costa Rica and Panama. Glottolog rates it shifting.

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Ngäbere · 8.8°N 82.4°W

Ngäbere, also known as Guaymí, 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.

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Words in Ngäbere

MeaningWordRomanization
personni*
nameko*
earolo*
noseinson*
toothtu*
tonguetidro*
handkise*
blooddori*
bonekro*
skinkuata*
kneeNokodokuo*
breastbrutu*
livermoto*
waterñö
firenio*
sunNiwana*
starmuke*
stonexo*
mountainNutuoe*
treekri*
leafkriko*
nightdeo*
dognukro*
fishwa*
lousekun*
onebati*
twobobu*
Iti*
youmo*
wenun*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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