Sistemas Bribris de numeración: una forma diferente de contar

Abstract

Los indígenas que habitan el territorio Talamanca–Bribri se consideran como uno de los grupos aborígenes de Costa Rica con mayor conservación de la cultura, a nivel de idioma, rituales y cultura material. Desde el punto de vista de la etnomatemática, esta etnia posee una característica muy particular, ya que agrupa los objetos que va a contar por formas (que se llamarán clases para efectos del presente documento) y asocia a cada clase un sistema de numeración diferente.

The indigenous people that inhabit the Talamanca-Bribri territory are considered to be one of the most culturally one of the most culturally preserved aboriginal groups in Costa Rica, in terms of language, rituals and material culture. language, rituals and material culture. From the point of view of ethnomathematics, this ethnicity has a very particular ethnomathematics, this ethnicity has a very particular characteristic, since it groups the objects to be counted by shapes by forms (which will be called classes for the purposes of this document) and associates to each class a different numbering system. a different numbering system to each class.