Misumalpan languages

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The Misumalpan languages are a small family of indigenous languages spoken primarily along the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua and neighboring regions of Central America.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Misumalpan languages canonical 4

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf indigenous languages of the Americas
language family
arealFeature contact with English
contact with Spanish
contact with neighboring Chibchan languages
ethnolinguisticGroup Cacaopera people NERFINISHED
Matagalpa people NERFINISHED
Mayangna people NERFINISHED
Miskito people NERFINISHED
Ulwa people NERFINISHED
familyColor American
glottologCode misu1247
glottologName Misumalpan NERFINISHED
hasExtinctLanguage Cacaopera language NERFINISHED
Matagalpa language NERFINISHED
hasLivingLanguage Mayangna language NERFINISHED
Miskito language NERFINISHED
Ulwa language NERFINISHED
hasPart Cacaopera language NERFINISHED
Cacaopera–Matagalpa subgroup NERFINISHED
Matagalpa language NERFINISHED
Matagalpan languages NERFINISHED
Mayangna language NERFINISHED
Miskito language NERFINISHED
Miskito–Sumo subgroup
Sumo languages NERFINISHED
Ulwa language NERFINISHED
isoFamilyCode misu
proposedRelation Lenmichi proposal
Macro-Chibchan hypothesis NERFINISHED
region Central America
spokenIn Atlantic coast of Nicaragua
El Salvador NERFINISHED
Honduras NERFINISHED
Mosquito Coast NERFINISHED
Nicaragua NERFINISHED
eastern Honduras
northeastern Nicaragua
northern El Salvador
status endangered
subclassOf American indigenous language families
Central American language families
typologicalFeature agglutinative morphology
predominantly SOV word order
rich verbal morphology
usedFor local education in some communities
oral tradition
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Chibchan languages relatedTo Misumalpan languages
Indigenous people of Costa Rica languageFamily Misumalpan languages
Misumalpan alternativeName Misumalpan languages