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Bribri Language
Bribri is a language spoken mainly in the south of Costa Rica. Bribri is related to three other indigenous languages, all which belong to the Talamanca family: Cabécar, Teribe, and Boruca. Bribri and Cabécar share similar language properties. Three main dialects exist in the Bribri language: Salitre-Cabagra, Amubre-Katsi, and Coroma. The status of the language is threatened. The structural typology of Bribri is a postpositional, SOV word order, language with a marking system: ergative-absolutive. Constenla Umaña (1985) says it is better characterized by absolutive-verb with the absolutive signaled by pre-verbal word order.

Phonology
Wilson (1974) indicates that bribri differentiates between High and Low tones. Margery 1996 and Constenla 1998 present the Diacritics in the Bribri:

à - High Tone

á - Falling Tone

â - Rising Tone

a - Low Tone

ã - Nasal vowel (previously marked: a underlined)

Sharing nasalization properties with Cabécar. Bribri has 7 oral vowels and 5 nasal vowels. The following figure indicates the present vowel sound system in Bribri, along with its equivalent IPA symbol in parenthesis.

Writing System (edit)
Bribri lacks any aboriginal writing system. The linguistics department at the University of Costa Rica has come up with a practical alphabet.