Also Known As:
Mosquito, Mísquito, Mískitu, Marquito, Miskito, Misquito, Mosco
Dialects & Varieties
- Honduran Mískito (Mam)
- Tawira (Tauira)
- Baymuna (Baymunana
- Baldam)
- Wanki (Wangki)
- Cabo (Kabo).
Miskito Indian ethnobotany in northeastern Nicaragua
Patricia Sue De Angelis. Miskito Indian Ethnobotany in Northeastern Nicaragua. PhD thesis, University of Maryland, 2000. Online: http://arky.ucalgary.ca/mccafferty/sites/arky.ucalgary.ca.mccafferty/fi….
Speakers
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Location and Context
Countries
Nicaragua
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Government Support
The official language of Nicaragua is Spanish although indigenous languages within the autonomous regions are recognized
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Spanish; Creole English
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
school; commerce; business
Writing Systems
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Recent Resources
Versos escritos en diferentes lenguas, enlaces entre diferentes culturas, puentes entre remotas part
A copy of Contreras's 1866 Spanish-Mam vocabulary, consisting of approximately 80 words grouped by s
This video is interviewing miskito people and talking to them about there culture and their thoughts
Despite laws allowing bilingual education (including indigenous languages), the public school curriculum is taught exclusively in Spanish.
The Miskito Creole English that is spoken by younger people has been learned at home. (2000:400)