Misumalpan
E417342
Misumalpan is a small family of indigenous languages of Central America, including Miskito and related languages spoken primarily in eastern Nicaragua and Honduras.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Misumalpan canonical | 1 |
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
indigenous language family
ⓘ
language family ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Misumalpan language family
ONNED1
ⓘ
Misumalpan languages ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
eastern Nicaragua
ⓘ
northeastern Honduras ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
complex system of affixes
ⓘ
evidentiality distinctions ⓘ postpositions ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Mayangna language
ⓘ
Miskito ⓘ
surface form:
Miskito language
Sumo language ⓘ Ulwa language ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Matagalpan branch
ⓘ
Miskito branch ⓘ Sumo branch ⓘ |
| historicalExtent |
Costa Rica
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
El Salvador NERFINISHED ⓘ Honduras ⓘ Nicaragua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageBranchOf | Macro-Chibchan hypothesis ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Matagalpan languages
ⓘ
Miskito language ⓘ Sumo language ⓘ |
| region | Central America ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Honduras
ⓘ
Nicaragua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | endangered (for several member languages) ⓘ |
| subclassOf | American indigenous language family ⓘ |
| typology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Mayangna people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Miskito ⓘ
surface form:
Miskito people
Ulwa people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.