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Bogota Language (Bogotá, Bocota)

Bogota is a Chibchan language of Central America, spoken by 1000 people in Panama. Like most Chibchan languages, Bogota is a tone language with SOV word order. Many linguists consider Bogota and Buglere to be dialects of a single language, but according to the people themselves, speakers of the two languages cannot understand each other.

˜Our Online Bogota Materials –

Bogota Words:
Our list of vocabulary words in the Bogota language, with comparison to words in other Chibchan languages.

Bogota Pronunciation Guide:
How to pronounce Bogota words.

˜Bogota Language Resources –

La Lengua Bokota:
Information on the Bogota and Buglere languages. Page in Spanish.

Un alfabeto para el Bocotá de Chiriquí:
Paper on Bogota and Buglere orthography. Page in Spanish.

Buglere-Bogota:
Demographic information on Bogota from the Ethnologue of Languages.

˜Boruca Culture and History Links –

Bugle and Bogota Culture:
Articles on the history and traditions of the Bogotas.

Panama Indigenous People:
History of the Bokata tribe and other Panama Indians.

Panama Indians:
Online ethnography of the Bokota and other Panama tribes.

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