Guaymí, or
Ngäbere, also known as Movere, Chiriquí, and Valiente, is spoken by the indigenous
Ngäbe people in
Panama and
Costa Rica. The people refer to themselves as
Ngäbe (pronounced ) and to their language as
Ngäbere . The Ngäbes are the most populous of Panama’s several indigenous peoples. The language is centered in Panama within the semi-autonomous indigenous reservation known as the
Comarca Ngäbe-Buglé. Beginning in the 1950s, Costa Rica began to receive Ngäbe immigrants, where are found in several indigenous reservations: Abrojos Montezuma, Conteburica, Coto Brus, Guaymí de Alto Laguna de Osa, and Altos de San Antonio.