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Maléku

indigenous language of north central Costa Rica
Class type of: Chibchan Q3915782

Facts

6 properties
Instance of
language, modern language[3]
Country
Costa Rica[2]
Subclass of
Chibchan[4]
Ethnologue language status
7 Shifting[7]
Indigenous to
Alajuela Province[6]
UNESCO language status
4 severely endangered[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en Guatuso en Guetar en Maleku en Maléku en Maleku Jaika en Maléku Jaíka en Maleku language en Maléku language en Watuso-Weta en Watuso-Wéta es idioma guatuso es Idioma malecu es Idioma malécu es Idioma maleku es malecu jaika es malécu jaíka es malecu lhaica es malécu lhaíca
🔖 Identifiers · 11
GND ID
4584975-4
Endangeredlanguages.com ID
4246
Ethnologue.com language code
gut
Exact match
publications.europa.eu
Freebase ID
/m/02hw_g3
Glottolog code
male1297
IETF language tag
gut
ISO 639-3 code
gut
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007566242105171
Topic's main category
Category:Maléku Jaíka language
UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger ID
1884

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
language, modern language
← Language used 2
Costa Rica, Alajuela Province
Country 1
Costa Rica
Indigenous to 1
Alajuela Province
Subclass of 1
Chibchan
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Summary

Maléku is a language[1].

Related Entities

Costa Rica

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Red Book of Endangered Languages. Retrieved . unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
    Instance of → language, modern language
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    Topic's main category → Category:Maléku Jaíka language
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