What languages are spoken in Costa Rica?

Answer 1

The official language of Costa Rica is Spanish, but there are also speakers of English, some Chibchan languages (including Boruca and Bribri), Plautdietsch, and various dialects and creoles of those languages. Chorotega was once spoken there, but is now extinct. (Chibchan languages and Chorotega are indigenous to Central America, and Plautdietsch is distantly descended from German.)

Answer

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The official language is Spanish although many speak some English.
They mainly speak Spanish but speak French and English there, too.
Official language: Spanish

Recognised Regional Language: Mekatelyu
Spanish is the official language of Costa Rica.
Spanish and English are the main languages spoken in Costa Rica.
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Spanish and English.
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The official language of costa Rica is Spanish.
The official language of Costa Rica is Spanish. Several native languages continue in use on reservations, the most important being Bribri, Maléku, Cabécar and Ngäbere.

In addition, about 10% of the adult population speak English as a second language, with fewer than one present each speaking French, Portuguese or German as a second language.
The main and official language is Spanish.
The offical language of Costa Rica is Spanish.
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Costa Rica's official language is Spanish. On the Caribbean Coast a small minority of Jamaican descendants, less than 100,000, speak a local version of English called Mekaytelyuw (an English based creole language), and many costarricans can understand and speak a bit of English. Quite recently all public schools made the learning of a English as a second language mandatory.
Spanish is the major language in Costa Rica.
Spanish is the official language of Costa Rica. English also sees wide use. In addition, two creoles and one native language have formal recognition status.

Answer2: I was in Costa Rica last year for 3 weeks, most speak Spanish, but many are moving in from Belize that speak Belize Kriol, Chinese are moving in and Germans that are running businesses, building and buying homes for permanent residency or summer homes.
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Spanish is Costa Rica's main language.
The official language of Costa Rica is Spanish. One native language (Bribri) is recognized, as are two creoles (Mekatelyu and Patois). And there is a substantial English language enclave as well.
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Spanish is the primary and official language spoken in Costa Rica. However, several indigenous language along with English is spoken too.
Everyone speaks Spanish. Bribri is spoken by indigenous peoples. You won't have to learn it. Mekatelyu is Limonese Creole English. It's similar to Carribean Creole (Petwah). You'll get along great with a decent knowledge of Spanish. Hablas Spanglish solomente? No hay problema.
People in Costa Rica speak Spanish and English.

Answer 2

The official language for Costa Rica is Spanish, however, a large majority of the population speaks English as well. Both languages are spoken to varying degrees in San Jose. You would definitely be safe speaking English, if that is your choice, but the locals would love it if you took the time to learn a couple words of Spanish as well.

Answer 3

Both countries have Spanish as main language. In the case of Costa Rica, it is spoken by 99% of its population, with other minor languages such as Maleku, Cabecar and Bribri, spoken by less than 30,000 people. For Mexico, Spanish is the de factolanguage (meaning it is not official), spoken by 93% of its population, along other languages such as Mayan and Nahuatl, spoken by 9-10 million people.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

The 1 official language of Costa Rica is Spanish, spoken by a majority of the population.

Costa Rica also recognizes these 2 regional languages:

1. Maléku Jaíka
2. Bribri

Here is a list of All 11 languages spoken in Costa Rica:

1. Boruca
2. Bribri
3. Cabécar
4. Old Costa Rican Sign Language
5. New Costa Rican Sign Language
6. Limón Creole English
7. Maléku Jaíka
8. Ngäbere
9. Plautdietsch
10. Spanish
11. Teribe

English is the most widely studied foreign language.

Old Costa Rican Sign Language is a deaf-community sign language of San Jose, spoken by people born before about 1945.

New Costa Rican Sign Language or Modern Costa Rican Sign Language, is the national sign language of Costa Rica's Deaf community. It is used primarily by people born after 1960, and is about 60% cognate with American Sign Language (Woodward 1991, 1992). It is unrelated to two known village sign languages of Costa Rica, Bribri Sign Language and Brunca Sign Language.

Answer 6

Both countries speak different dialects of Spanish, as well as other languages.

For more information about the languages of Costa Rica, click here.

For more information about the languages of Mexico, click here.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Both countries have Spanish as main language. In the case of Costa Rica, it is spoken by 99% of its population, with other minor languages such as Maleku, Cabecar and Bribri, spoken by less than 30,000 people. For Mexico, Spanish is the de facto language (meaning it is not official), spoken by 93% of its population, along other languages such as Mayan and Nahuatl, spoken by 9-10 million people.

Answer 9

The official language of Costa Rica is Spanish.