José Elías Cury Lambraño

José Elías Cury Lambraño. Colombian politician, philologist, writer, philosopher, teacher and polyglot born in Corozal, Sucre, on March 24, 1924 and died on February 7, 2007 in the same city, dedicated for more than fifty years to the systematic study of spoken Spanish on the Colombian Caribbean coast, which he called "costeñol" (for being Spanish spoken on the coast) and elevated it to the category of dialect.

Political activity

As a politician, Master Cury had a particularly hectic life. He served as a councilor of Corozal for several periods, was president of the town hall of Corozal, deputy and president of the Departmental Assembly of the formerly called Bolivar grande (now Cordoba and Sucre), representative to the House and senator of the Republic for the department of Sucre . Prophet and Apostle of Costeñol

Tireless scholar of living and dead languages, "Pepe" Elías stood out not only for speaking English and French, but for his extensive knowledge of Latin and Greek, which he taught at different universities in Sucre. This extensive knowledge led him to the systematic and conscientious study of Spanish spoken on the Caribbean coast of Colombia, which he termed "costeñol", which elevated to the category of dialect with three essential characteristics: bifronte, bivalent and bidimensional. As a result of these concerns, the master Cury Lambraño conceived his work summit: "The Costeñol, a dialect with all the beard." In his profound study of the Spanish language, Jose Elías Cury discovered that besides Colombia, it was easy to evidence other dialects, which he described briefly in the last edition of his book "El Costeñol: a dialect with all the beard "which he called Tochol (Spanish spoken in the Santanderes), Paisol (Spanish spoken in Antioquia and Caldas), among others. Publications

Among his main writings are: Teaching activity

As a university teacher, José Elías Cury Lambraño devoted himself to teaching the language at the University of Sucre and CECAR.

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