Its action is inactivated in the acid portions of the gastrointestinal tract and is consequentlylimited to the mouth. 3,4,8,12,21 Tissue Repair A tissue repair function is attributed to saliva sinceclinically the bleeding time of oral tissues appears to be shorter than other tissues.
National Language of Costa Rica   Costa Rica's official language is Spanish. On the Caribbean Coast a small minority of Jamaican descendants, less than 100,000, speak a lâ¦ocal version of English called Mekaytelyuw (an English based creole language), and many costarricans can understand and speak a bit of English.
Name: Costa Rica (long form) RepÃºblica de Costa Rica; Capital City: San Jose (159,535 pop.) (1,715,485 metro pop.) Costa Rica Population: 4,695,942 (2013 est.) World Populations (all countries) Currency: Costa Rican ColÃ³n (CRC) (conversion rates) One Costa Rica ColÃ³n; Ethnicity: White (including mestizo) 94%, black 3%, Amerindian 1%, Chinese 1%, other 1% ; GDP total: $58.6 billion (2012 est.) GDP per capita: $12,600 (2012 est.) Land Sizes; Language: Spanish (official), English ; Largest Cities: (by population) San JosÃ©, Puerto LimÃ³n, San Francisco, Alajuela ; Name: Officially RepÃºblica de Costa Rica, Costa Rica means Rich Coast Independence Day: September 15