Costa Rica

• Bribri↗Language community connection
  Connection & source

  Language community connection

  Opening locates Bribri in the Talamanca and Buenos Aires regions of Costa Rica. No census/speaker figures adopted; cross-border communities are not excluded.

  Language-community geography in overview updated 2020. Reviewed 2026-10-21.

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• Brörán↗Present community connection
  Connection & source

  Present community connection

  Article identifies Térraba/Brörán in southern Costa Rica. Country association only; no current land-status conclusion or equation with a Panamanian government.

  Community described in December 2017 reporting. Reviewed 2026-10-21.

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• Cabécar↗documented community
  Connection & source

  documented community

  The Ministry's actual text explicitly includes Cabécar among the Indigenous peoples of Costa Rica and credits its Intercultural Education Department. Whole-country navigation association only, not exclusive residence, mapped territory or present government jurisdiction.

  Costa Rican Ministry of Education resource page dated 2024; not a current demographic survey. Reviewed 2026-10-21.

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• Chorotega↗historical and present
  Connection & source

  historical and present

  Text locates historical Chorotega in northern Costa Rica and identifies descendants at Matambú. Language loss is not treated as disappearance of people.

  Historical language area; descendant community described in source. Reviewed 2026-10-21.

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• Huetar↗documented community
  Connection & source

  documented community

  The Ministry's actual text explicitly includes Huetar among the Indigenous peoples of Costa Rica and credits its Intercultural Education Department. Whole-country navigation association only, not exclusive residence, mapped territory or present government jurisdiction.

  Costa Rican Ministry of Education resource page dated 2024; not a current demographic survey. Reviewed 2026-10-21.

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• Maleku↗documented community
  Connection & source

  documented community

  The Ministry's actual text explicitly includes Maleku among the Indigenous peoples of Costa Rica and credits its Intercultural Education Department. Whole-country navigation association only, not exclusive residence, mapped territory or present government jurisdiction.

  Costa Rican Ministry of Education resource page dated 2024; not a current demographic survey. Reviewed 2026-10-21.

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• Ngäbe↗documented community
  Connection & source

  documented community

  The Ministry's actual text explicitly includes Ngöbe among the Indigenous peoples of Costa Rica and credits its Intercultural Education Department. Whole-country navigation association only, not exclusive residence, mapped territory or present government jurisdiction.

  Costa Rican Ministry of Education resource page dated 2024; not a current demographic survey. Reviewed 2026-10-21.

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• Teribe↗documented community
  Connection & source

  documented community

  General-data table explicitly identifies Teribe/Térraba in Costa Rica, distinct from Naso naming in Panama. Retains the existing broad profile label; not a claim of one cross-border government.

  Public reference uses census-2000 context; uploaded by 2010, not a present legal-boundary record. Reviewed 2026-10-21.

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These are starting lists, not a complete census. Modern borders help you navigate; they are not Indigenous homeland boundaries. A connection may be historical or present-day and does not imply presence throughout a region. Directory names can overlap; the profiles explain their relationships.