Language: Buglere is a Chibchan language
of Central America, spoken by 1000 people in Panama and Costa Rica. Like most Chibchan languages,
Buglere is a
tone language with
SOV word order. Many linguists consider
Buglere and Bogota to be
dialects of a single language, but according to the people themselves, speakers of the two
languages cannot understand each other. In Panama, the Buglé and their kinfolk the
Ngöbe (or Guaymi) have joined into a single
Ngobe-Bugle tribe.
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Names: Buglere, also spelled Buglé or Bugle, is their own name for themselves.
The people have also been known as Sabanero,
Veraguas, Sabanero-Guaymí, Guaymies Sabaneros,
Savanero, Bocotá de Chiriquí,
Murire, Muriré,
Norteño, or Nortenyo.
Another historical Chibchan tribe of Panama, the Muoy or Muoi,
has sometimes been grouped with the Buglere.
Buglere Words:
Our list of vocabulary words in the Buglere language, with comparison to words in other Chibchan languages.
Buglere Pronunciation Guide:
How to pronounce Buglere words.
Buglere Animal Words:
Illustrated glossary of animal words in the Buglere language.
Buglere Colors:
Worksheet showing color words in the Bugle language.
Buglere 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-Bogotá:
Demographic information on Buglere from the Ethnologue of Languages.
Bocotá Language Tree:
Theories about the language relationships of Buglere and Bocota, compiled by Linguist List.
Bugle Language Structures:
Buglere linguistic profile and academic bibliography.
Indian tribes
Buglere Language
Buglere Words:
Los Indios Bokotas y Bugleres: 
