Votic languages

The Votic languages are a well-defined branch of Chibchan languages spoken in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. They are:

  • Rama southeastern Nicaragua, extinct or nearly so
  • Voto Costa Rica, extinct
  • Maléku (Guatuso) north-central Costa Rica, endangered
  • Corobicí northwestern Costa Rica, extinct
Not to be confused with the Votic language, which is Finnic.
Votic
Geographic
distribution		Costa Rica, Nicaragua
Linguistic classificationChibchan
  • Votic
Glottologvoti1248[1]

References
  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Votic Chibchan". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.



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