| States | Panama, Costa Rica |
|---|---|
| Ethnicity | Dorasque |
| Extinct | ? |
| Familycolor | Chibchan |
| Fam 1 | Chibchan |
| Fam 2 | Isthmic |
| Fam 3 | Doracic |
| Dia 1 | Chumulu |
| Dia 2 | Gualaca |
| Dia 3 | Chánguena ? |
| Iso 3 | none |
| Linglist | qbn |
| Lingname | Dorasque/Changuena |
| Linglist 2 | qhi |
| Lingname 2 | Chumulu |
| Linglist 3 | qqc |
| Lingname 3 | Gualaca |
| Glotto | dora1242 |
| Glottorefname | Dorasque |
Dorasque is an extinct Chibchan language formerly spoken by the Dorasque in the territory between the plains of Barú and Changuinola to the north, the banks of the Chiriquí Viejo and Piedras rivers to the south, Chiriquí to the east, and Burica and Térraba to the west (between the present-day province of Puntarenas in Costa Rica and the western departments of Panama).[1] Its dialects were Chumulu and Gualaca. It is closely related to Chánguena (Chánguina), which is considered by some authors to be variants of the same language.[2]
References
- ^ Miranda de Cabal, Beatriz (1974). "Un pueblo visto a través de su lenguaje" (in Spanish). p. 9. Retrieved 2026-04-18.
- ^ Adolfo Constenla Umaña (1985). Las lenguas dorasque y changuena y sus relaciones genealógicas (1) (in Spanish). Vol. 11, no. 2. Revista de Filología y Lingüística de la Universidad de Costa Rica. pp. 81–92. doi:10.15517/rfl.v11i2.16685. ISSN 2215-2628. Retrieved 2026-04-18.
Bibliography
- Alphonse Louis Pinart, Vocabulario castellano-dorasque, dialectos chumulu, gualaca y changuina Vocabulario Castellano-dorasque, Dialectos Chumulu, Gualaca y Changuina, 1890
- Umaña, Adolfo Constenla (1991). Las lenguas del área intermedia: introducción a su estudio areal. Editorial Universidad de Costa Rica.