Miskito

E89944

Misumalpan language indigenous language language

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

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Miskito canonical	8
Miskito language	7
Miskito people	5
Miskito indigenous groups	1
Miskitu	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Misumalpan language ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ language ⓘ
country	Honduras ⓘ Nicaragua ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Miskito self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Miskito people
hasAlternativeName	Miskitu ⓘ Culex mosquitoes ⓘ surface form: Mosquito Mískitu ⓘ
hasContactLanguage	Creole English ⓘ English ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
hasDominantWordOrder	SOV ⓘ
hasEndangermentStatus	vigorous but under pressure from Spanish ⓘ
hasGlottocode	misk1235 ⓘ
hasGlottologName	Miskito self-link ⓘ
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

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

Honduras → recognizedRegionalLanguage → Miskito ⓘ

Belizean Creole → influencedBy → Miskito ⓘ

Miskito → ethnicGroup → Miskito self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Miskito people

Miskito → hasGlottologName → Miskito self-link ⓘ

Coco River → languageOfName → Miskito ⓘ

Nicaraguan Civil War → hasParticipant → Miskito ⓘ

this entity surface form: Miskito indigenous groups

Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua → hasSignificantPopulationOf → Miskito ⓘ

subject surface form: Puerto Cabezas

this entity surface form: Miskito people

Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua → isCulturalCenterFor → Miskito ⓘ

subject surface form: Puerto Cabezas

this entity surface form: Miskito people

Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua → hasEthnicGroup → Miskito ⓘ

subject surface form: Puerto Cabezas

Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua → hasLanguageSpoken → Miskito ⓘ

subject surface form: Puerto Cabezas

Miskito Coast Creole English → hasInfluence → Miskito ⓘ