ISO 639-3 · mommom
Central American Indian languages family · extinct or historical language
Chorotega
Chorotega is an extinct or historical language of the Oto-Manguean branch (Central American Indian languages), spoken in Costa Rica and Nicaragua.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
mom- Glottocode
moni1237- EGIDS
- 9 Dormant
- UNESCO
- Critically endangered
- Wikipedia
- 12 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
—scripts
2levels in the tree
9EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Chorotega |
|---|---|
| Also called | Mangue, Chorotega language |
| Kind | extinct or historical language |
Vitality
EGIDS 9 Dormant9
Dormant or extinct. No fluent first-language speakers remain — EGIDS 9 and 10.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Critically endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Central American Indian languages to Chorotega
The branches above Chorotega, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Costa Rica
spaSpanishIndo-European · 555.6 m1 · NationaljamJamaican Patoisunclassified · 3.2 m5 · DevelopingyidYiddishIndo-European · 1 mDefinitely endangeredbzdBribriChibchan6b · ThreatenedgymGuaymíChibchanVulnerablecjpCabécarChibchan6b · ThreatenedbrnBorucaChibchan9 · DormantgutMalékuChibchan7 · ShiftingcsrCosta Rican Sign Languageunclassified5 · Developing