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PANAMA. Panamanian culture is facing the danger of nine native languages disappearing, because only a few people use them to communicate.
PANAMA. Panamanian culture is facing the danger of nine native languages disappearing, because only a few people use them to communicate.
According to experts, the Panamanian Creole language, used in Bocas del Toro, Colon and Panama, is on the verge of extinction, while five others are under the threat of disappearing.
Woun Menu, spoken by the Waunaan, Teribe, Bri-Bri, Bugle and Creole English, which is spoken in Colon Island, Bocas del Toro province, are among those languages.
They also include Embera, Kuna and Ngabere, although they are less vulnerable, being spoken by a larger number of people.
Statistics revealed 19 languages among those reported in danger of extinction in the country, where Spanish is considered official.
An initiative to preserve that cultural heritage, is an inter-cultural bilingual educational program being applied by the Education Ministry.
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