Miskito

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Miskito is an indigenous language of the Miskito people, primarily spoken along the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua and Honduras.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Miskito canonical 8
Miskito language 7
Miskito people 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Misumalpan language
indigenous language
language
country Honduras
Nicaragua
ethnicGroup Miskito people
linked to: Miskito
hasAlternativeName Miskitu
Mosquito
linked to: Culex mosquitoes

Mískitu
hasContactLanguage Creole English
English
Spanish
hasDominantWordOrder SOV
hasEndangermentStatus vigorous but under pressure from Spanish
hasGlottocode misk1235
hasGlottologName Miskito
hasISO639-2Code miq
hasISO639-3Code miq
hasLinguisticRelation closely related to Sumo languages
related to Mayangna
related to Ulwa
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative language
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
nasalized vowels
rich consonant inventory
hasScriptType alphabetic script
hasSpeakerPopulationRange hundreds of thousands
hasStandardization orthography developed in 20th century
hasStatus indigenous language with significant number of speakers
regional language
hasSubgroup Northern Miskito dialect
Southern Miskito dialect
isMajorLanguageOf eastern Nicaragua
northeastern Honduras
isTaughtIn bilingual education programs in Honduras
bilingual education programs in Nicaragua
languageFamily Misumalpan
region Mosquito Coast
spokenAlong Atlantic coast of Honduras
Atlantic coast of Nicaragua
spokenIn Honduras
Nicaragua
usedAs lingua franca on the Mosquito Coast
usedInDomain daily communication among Miskito people
local media in Miskito regions
religious practice in Miskito communities
writingSystem Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Belizean Creole influencedBy Miskito
Miskito ethnicGroup Miskito people
linked to: Miskito
Miskito hasGlottologName Miskito
Coco River languageOfName Miskito
Nicaraguan Civil War hasParticipant Miskito indigenous groups
linked to: Miskito
Puerto Cabezas hasSignificantPopulationOf Miskito people
subject linked to: Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua
linked to: Miskito
Puerto Cabezas isCulturalCenterFor Miskito people
subject linked to: Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua
linked to: Miskito
Puerto Cabezas hasEthnicGroup Miskito
subject linked to: Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua
Puerto Cabezas hasLanguageSpoken Miskito
subject linked to: Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua
Miskito Coast Creole English hasInfluence Miskito language
linked to: Miskito
Miskito Coast Creole English spokenByEthnicGroup Miskito people
linked to: Miskito
Miskito Coast Creole English hasSubstrate Miskito language
linked to: Miskito
Miskito Coast Creole English isDistinctFrom Miskito language
linked to: Miskito
Misumalpan hasMember Miskito language
linked to: Miskito
Misumalpan usedBy Miskito people
linked to: Miskito
Mosquito Coast historicalLanguage Miskito language
linked to: Miskito
Eastern Nicaragua languageUsed Miskito language
subject linked to: eastern Nicaragua
linked to: Miskito
Mískitu nativeName Miskitu
linked to: Miskito
Mískitu alternateName Miskito
Mískitu usesLanguage Miskito language
linked to: Miskito