It is used primarily in the Naso Tjër Di Comarca and the Bocas del Toro Province of northwestern Panama and in the southern part of Costa Rica's Puntarenas Province, but is almost extinct in the latter.
It is part of the Chibchan language family, in the Talamanca branch.
Its ISO 639-3 code is tfr.
Teribe also uses the ll with diaeresis centered over the letters.
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