Chorotega [tʃoro'tega] is the name of an indigenous people of Honduras, Costa Rica and Nicaragua. The ethnic population number around 795 according to the ethnologue 2000 survey (External Link). The Chorotega language, which was a member of the Manguean branch of the Oto-Manguean linguistic family, is now extinct. The Oto-Manguean languages are spoken mainly in Mexico and it's thought that the Chorotega moved south from Mexico together with the speakers of Subtiaba and Chiapanec well befo… (More on Chorotega)