Adolfo Constenla Umaña

Adolfo Constenla Umaña
Born
Adolfo Constenla Umaña

(1948-01-14)January 14, 1948
San José, Costa Rica
DiedNovember 7, 2013(2013-11-07) (aged 65)
Costa Rica
OccupationLinguist
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Costa Rica
Main interestsChibchan languages

Adolfo Constenla Umaña (January 14, 1948, in San José, Costa Rica – November 7, 2013) was a Costa Rican philologist and linguist who specialized in the indigenous languages of Central America. He is especially known as a leading scholar on Chibchan languages, and some sources referred to him as the "father of Chibchan linguistics."

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