Teribe language

Teribe is a language spoken by the Naso or Teribe people. It is used primarily in the Naso Tjër Di Comarca and the Bocas del Toro Province of northwestern Panama and in the southern part of Costa Rica's Puntarenas Province, but is almost extinct in the latter. It is part of the Chibchan language family, in the Talamanca branch. There are currently about 3,000 speakers, nearly all of whom speak Spanish as well. The language is of the OVS type. Its ISO 639-3 code is tfr.

Teribe
Térraba, Tiribi, Teribe, Norteño, Quequexque, Naso Tjerdi
Native to	Panama, Costa Rica
Region	In Panama: Naso Tjër Di Comarca, Bocas del Toro Province, Chiriquí Province. In Costa Rica: Limón Province, Puntarenas Province.
Ethnicity	Naso people
Native speakers	3,300 (2007)[1]
Language family	Chibchan Talamanca Teribe
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tfr
Glottolog	teri1250
ELP	Teribe

Writing system

Teribe alphabet (Panama)^[2]

a

ã

ä

b

ch

d

e

ẽ

ë

g

gw

i

ĩ

j

k

kw

l

ll

m

n

ñ

o

õ

ö

p

r

s

sh

t

u

ũ

w

y

z

Teribe also uses the ll with diaeresis centered over the letters.^[3]