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    The Boruca (also known as the Brunca or the Brunka) are the indigenous people living in Costa Rica. The tribe has about 2,660 members, most living on a...
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  • The Boruca language (in Boruca: Brúnkajk, also known as Bronka, Bronca, Brunca) is the native language of the Boruca people of Costa Rica. Boruca belongs...
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    to work and oftentimes escaped from them. About 2,660 people are in the Boruca tribe. They live in the Puntarenas area of Costa Rica on one of the first...
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  • Territorio Indígena Boruca is an indigenous territory in Costa Rica. Vaage, Kari (2011). Indigenous peoples in Costa Rica and El Diquis hydroelectric project:...
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    endangered in Costa Rica Buglere (Bokotá) – 18,000 speakers, endangered Borũca (Brunca) – 140 speakers, moribund Talamanca Huetar (Güetar) † Bribri (Talamanca)...
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  • Boruca is a district of the Buenos Aires canton, in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica. Boruca has an area of 125.02 km² and an elevation of 550 metres...
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    of the Térraba population to the southwestern region of Costa Rica, near Boruca and the Térraba River. The town, San Francisco de Térraba, was founded in...
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    to 1530. The word "diquís" means "great waters" or "great river" in the Boruca language. The Diquis formed part of the Greater Chiriqui culture that spanned...
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    Creole, in all four cases representing a velar [ŋ]. It is also used in the Boruca language, Nawdm language, Jersey Dutch, and Ocaina language. "N̈" and "n̈"...
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    (Cordillera de Talamanca), Guaymí (southern Costa Rica, along the Panamá border), Boruca (southern Costa Rica) and Térraba (southern Costa Rica). Today, according...
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