Miskito
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Miskito is an indigenous language of the Miskito people, primarily spoken along the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua and Honduras.
Aliases (1)
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Misumalpan language
→
indigenous language → language → |
| country |
Honduras
NERFINISHED
→
Nicaragua NERFINISHED → |
| ethnicGroup |
Miskito people
→
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Miskitu
→
Mosquito → 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
NERFINISHED
→
Nicaragua NERFINISHED → |
| 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
→
|
Referenced by (4)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Miskito
("Miskito people")
→
|
ethnicGroup |
|
Miskito
→
|
hasGlottologName |
|
Belizean Creole
→
|
influencedBy |
|
Honduras
→
|
recognizedRegionalLanguage |