Costa Rica Languages

Description
The official and predominant language of Costa Rica is Spanish. The variety spoken there, Costa Rican Spanish, is a form of Central American Spanish.

There are six indigenous languages that are still currently used by their respective populations in Costa Rica. All of them belong to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chibchan_languagesChibcha language family. Those languages include:
 * Maléku - Also called Maléku Jaíka, Malecu, Guatuso, Watuso-Wétar, and Guetar
 * Cabécar - Also known by its dialect names Chirripó, Estrella, Telire, and Ujarrás
 * Bribri - Also known as Bri-bri, Bribriwak, and Bribri-wak
 * Guna or Kuna - Formerly known as Cuna
 * Guaymí or Ngäbere - Also known as Movere, Chiriquí, and Valiente
 * Buglere - Also known as Bugle, Murire and Muoy

Word List(s)
Spanish
 * Spanish Genealogical Word List
 * Useful Spanish phrases (Omniglot)

Maléku
 * Maléku Vocabulary (Wikipedia)

Cabécar
 * Language/Cabecar (PolyglotWiki)

Bribri

Guna or Kuna
 * Basic Kuna Dictionary, Words, Phrases

Guaymí or Ngäbere
 * Guaymí or Ngäbere Useful phrases (Wikipedia)

Buglere

Alphabet and Pronunciation
Spanish
 * Spanish Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omniglot)
 * Spanish Pronunciation Dictionary (Forvo)
 * Spanish grammar (Wikipedia)

Maléku
 * Maléku Phonology (Wikipedia)
 * Maléku Grammar (Wikipedia)

Cabécar
 * Cabécar Phonology (Wikipedia)
 * Cabécar Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omniglot)

Bribri
 * Bribri Phonology (Wikipedia)
 * Bribri Alphabet (Wikipedia)
 * Bribri Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omniglot)

Guna or Kuna
 * Guna or Kuna Phonology (Wikipedia)
 * Kuna Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omniglot)

Guaymí or Ngäbere
 * Guaymí or Ngäbere Writing system and pronunciation (Wikipedia)
 * Guaymí Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omniglot)

Buglere
 * Buglere Phonology (Wikipedia)
 * Buglere Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omniglot)

Language Aids and Dictionaries
Spanish
 * Spanish Letter Writing Guide
 * Spanish Handwriting Clarified
 * Learn Spanish (duolingo)
 * Spanish dictionary (Lexilogos)
 * English to Spanish Dictionary (Glosbe)
 * The Spanish Script Tutorial (byu.ed)

Maléku
 * English to Maléku Jaíka Dictionary (Glosbe)
 * The Indigenous Maleku People (Peopleoftheworld)

Cabécar
 * English to Cabécar Dictionary (Glosbe)
 * The Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America : Cabéçar. Austin, Texas: The Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America, 2003. Available at: WorldCat.

Bribri
 * English to Bribri Dictionary (Glosbe)
 * The Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America : Bribri. Austin, Texas: The Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America, 2003. Available at: WorldCat.

Guna or Kuna
 * English to San Blas Kuna Dictionary (Glosbe)

Guaymí or Ngäbere
 * English to Ngäbere Dictionary (Glosbe)
 * Reid, Ephraim S. Alphonse. Guaymí grammar and dictionary : with some ethnological notes. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1956. Available at: WorldCat.

Buglere
 * English to Buglere Dictionary (Glosbe)

Additional Resources

 * Costa Rica (Britannica)
 * Boruca, Bribri, And Cabécar (Encyclopedia)
 * Vladisavljevic, Branislava and Thomas B. Kohnstamm. Costa Rican Spanish phrasebook & dictionary. Great Britain: Lonely Planet, 2013. Available at: WorldCat.