Boruca belongs to the Isthmian branch of the Chibchan languages.
Though exact speaker numbers are uncertain, UNESCO’s Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger has listed Boruca as "critically endangered".
Boruca is taught as a second language at the local primary school Escuela Doris Z.
The personal pronouns in Boruca (the ᵛ represents a glottal stop.
)[4] The numbers (the "n̈", "n" with the diaeresis "¨" on top may be unavailable in some fonts, it represents a slightly different sound from the normal n or ñ.