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Costa Rica's official and predominant language is Spanish.The variety spoken there, Costa Rican Spanish, is a form of Central American Spanish. Costa Rica is a linguistically diverse country and home to at least five living local indigenous languages spoken by the descendants of pre-Columbian peoples: Maléku, Cabécar, Bribri, Guaymí, and Buglere.
Costa Rican Spanish (Spanish: español costarricense) is the form of the Spanish language spoken in Costa Rica. It is one of the dialects of Central American Spanish . Nevertheless, because the country was more remote than its neighbors, the development of this variety of Spanish followed a distinct path.
calé — a Romani person; from Caló ' Romani, speaker of Romani ', see caló below. caló — Caló language, also black, dark-colored; the word is possibly related to Sanskrit kanlanka ' blemish, macula ' and/or Ancient Greek kelainós ' black '.
The Benemérito Lycée Franco-Costaricien (Spanish: Benemérito Liceo Franco-Costarricense) is a French international school in Sánchez District, Curridabat, San José Province, Costa Rica. [2] It serves levels until the final year of senior high school, terminale. [3]
The official language of Costa Rica is Spanish. [6] However, there are also many local indigenous languages in Costa Rica, such as Bribrí. [7] [8] English is the first foreign language and the second most taught language in Costa Rica, followed by French, German, Italian and Chinese. [9] A creole language called Mekatelyu is also spoken in ...
Education in Costa Rica is divided in 3 cycles: pre-education (before age 7), primary education (from 6-7 to 12-13), and secondary school (from 12-13 to 17-18), which leads to higher education. School year starts between the second and third week of February, stops at the last week of June, it continues again between the third and fourth week ...
The Spaniards apart from the genetic make Costa Ricans have contributed to the culture of Costa Rica as associations and cultural centers, most are in San Jose. [7] Spain Costa RicaEmbajada de España en Costa Rica. Ministerio de Empleo y Seguridad Social en Costa Rica. Asociación Española de Beneficencia. Casal Catalá. Club Campestre Español.
Cabécar territories in Costa Rica A traditional Cabécar dwelling. The Cabécar are an indigenous group of the remote Talamanca region of eastern Costa Rica.They speak Cabécar, a language belonging to the Chibchan language family of the Isthmo-Colombian Area of lower Central America and northwestern Colombia.