信息不完整 “El sumo, lengua oprimida” (53-64) . Norwood, Susan (2014)
近危
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~10,000
地点
Honduras, Nicaragua
其他评论
Atlantic coast [Costa Caribe]
信息不完整 “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
近危
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
7,400
In Honduras: 700 speakers, ethnic population 800-1,000. In Nicaragua: 6,700 speakers.
Ethnologue (2009) had only a single Sumo [Sum] language; Ethnologue (2013) has separated these into two separate languages: Mayangna [yan]: 8,000 in Nicaragua (Adelaar 2007). Population total all countries: 8,700. Ethnic population: 9,760 (2005 census). Ulwa [ulw]: 350 (2009 J. Mejia).
信息日期
1982
地点
Nicaragua, Honduras
地点描述
In Nicragua: Upriver locations from Prinzapolka River in the south into Honduras in the north. Also in Honduras. In Honduras: Banks of the Patuca River, Gracias a Dios and parts of Olancho departments.
其他评论
Mayangna [yan]: Autonomous Region of the North Atlantic, along the Waspuk River, Bambana, Tungi, and Santo Tomás de Umbra, the upper Wawa. Panamahka dialect: along stretches of the Wanki River; Tuahka dialect: Wasakin area, near Rosita. Ulwa [ulw]: Autonomous Region of the South Atlantic, Karawala village.
信息不完整 “Theoretical and Universal Implications of Certain Verbal Entries in Dictionaries of the Misumalpan Languages” . Ken Hale and Danilo Salamanca (2001) , Frawley, Hill & Munro · University of California Press
近危
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
7,000?
Hale and Salamanca (2001) distinguish varieties of Sumu: northern Mayangna, with the Twahka and Panamahka dialects, and southern Ulwa, finding the two (northern and southern) sufficiently different to be considered distinct languages.
地点
Nicaragua, Honduras
信息不完整 “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press