Huetar
Huetar is an extinct indigenous language of Central America , which the family of Chibchan languages belonged. It was spoken in what is now Costa Rica and Panama and was the lingua franca of the Central Valley ( Valle Central ) of Costa Rica before the Spanish conquest . During the 17th century, the Huetar became extinct, as the surviving indigenous inhabitants of the Central Valley adopted Spanish as a colloquial language. The Huetar was closely related to the Maleku and is considered by some linguists as a dialect of the same.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c http://www.native-languages.org/huetar.htm
- ↑ a b Archive link ( Memento of the original dated August 4, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archive link ( memento of the original from September 23, 2007 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
