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Miskito is an indigenous language of Central America, spoken by nearly 200,000 people in Nicaragua, Honduras and Belize. Miskito, also known as Bahwika, Wangki, or Tawira. Another 100,000 people speak a second language called Miskito Coastal Creole, which is a mixture of Miskito, English, Spanish, and African languages that arose after colonization. The Miskito language is the most widely spoken indigenous language in Nicaragua, this is because the Miskito people also hold the highest population of Indigenous people in the country. | Miskito is an indigenous language of Central America, spoken by nearly 200,000 people in Nicaragua, Honduras and Belize. Miskito, also known as Bahwika, Wangki, or Tawira. Another 100,000 people speak a second language called Miskito Coastal Creole, which is a mixture of Miskito, English, Spanish, and African languages that arose after colonization. The Miskito language is the most widely spoken indigenous language in Nicaragua, this is because the Miskito people also hold the highest population of Indigenous people in the country. | ||
== | ==Mískito Useful Links== | ||
* [http://www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Pages/Language.aspx?LangID=miq Human Rights: | * [http://www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Pages/Language.aspx?LangID=miq Human Rights: Mískito]: Translation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights into the Mískito language.<br /> | ||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110629003508/http://www.christusrex.org/www1/pater/JPN-miskito.html | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110629003508/http://www.christusrex.org/www1/pater/JPN-miskito.html Mískito Prayers]: Miskito translation of the Lord's Prayer.<br /> | ||
* [http://rds.org.hn/docs/listas/moskitia/diccionario/diccionario.html Diccionario Miskito]: Dictionary and grammatical overview of Miskito. Page in Spanish.<br /> | * [http://rds.org.hn/docs/listas/moskitia/diccionario/diccionario.html Diccionario Miskito]: Dictionary and grammatical overview of Miskito. Page in Spanish.<br /> | ||
* [http://www10.gencat.cat/pres_casa_llengues/AppJava/frontend/llengues_detall.jsp?id=669&idioma=5 House of Languages: Miskitu]: Information about Miskitu language usage.<br /> | * [http://www10.gencat.cat/pres_casa_llengues/AppJava/frontend/llengues_detall.jsp?id=669&idioma=5 House of Languages: Miskitu]: Information about Miskitu language usage.<br /> | ||
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=miq Mískito Language]: Demographic information about | * [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=miq Mískito Language]: Demographic information about Mískito from the Ethnologue of Languages.<br /> | ||
* [http://www.links.net/vita/trip/hondo/mosquitia/mopawi/bilingual/ La Mosquitia]: Article on bilingual education among the Miskito Indians.<br /> | * [http://www.links.net/vita/trip/hondo/mosquitia/mopawi/bilingual/ La Mosquitia]: Article on bilingual education among the Miskito Indians.<br /> | ||
* [https://www.freelang.net/dictionary/miskito.php Freelang | * [https://www.freelang.net/dictionary/miskito.php Freelang Mískito Dictionary]: Free downloadable wordlist of the Miskito language.<br /> | ||
* [http://multitree.org/codes/miq.html Miskitu Language Tree]: Theories about Miskito's language relationships compiled by Linguist List.<br /> | * [http://multitree.org/codes/miq.html Miskitu Language Tree]: Theories about Miskito's language relationships compiled by Linguist List.<br /> | ||
* [http://wals.info/languoid/lect/wals_code_mis Miskito Language Structures]: Miskito linguistic profile and academic bibliography.<br /> | * [http://wals.info/languoid/lect/wals_code_mis Miskito Language Structures]: Miskito linguistic profile and academic bibliography.<br /> | ||
* [http://endangeredlanguages.com/lang/4660/bibliography Endangered Languages Project: | * [http://endangeredlanguages.com/lang/4660/bibliography Endangered Languages Project: Mískito]: Bibliography of Miskito language resources.<br /> | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miskito_language Miskito Language]: Encyclopedia articles on | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miskito_language Miskito Language]: Encyclopedia articles on Mískito.<br /> | ||
* [http://www.proel.org/index.php?pagina=mundo/amerindia/chibcha_pae/chibchan/misumalpan/miskito Lengua Miskito] / [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idioma_miskito Idioma Miskito]: Information about the | * [http://www.proel.org/index.php?pagina=mundo/amerindia/chibcha_pae/chibchan/misumalpan/miskito Lengua Miskito] / [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idioma_miskito Idioma Miskito]: Information about the Mískito language in Spanish.<br /> | ||
* [http://www.dmoz.org/Society/Ethnicity/The_Americas/Indigenous/Native_Americans/Tribes,_Nations_and_Bands/M/Miskito/ | * [http://www.dmoz.org/Society/Ethnicity/The_Americas/Indigenous/Native_Americans/Tribes,_Nations_and_Bands/M/Miskito/ Mískitos]: Mískito links.<br /> | ||
* [http://www.amazon.com/s/natilangofthe-20/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=miskito Miskito Tribe]: | * [http://www.amazon.com/s/natilangofthe-20/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=miskito Miskito Tribe]: Mískito Indian books.<br /> | ||
===Sources=== | ===Sources=== | ||
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Facts about Mískito
- Language code (ISO 639-3):
miq - Other names for "Mískito":
Marquito, Mosquito, Mískitu, Mísquito, Miskuto - The Mískito language is spoken in:
Nicaragua, Honduras & Belize - Spoken by : About 200,000 people.
Miskito is an indigenous language of Central America, spoken by nearly 200,000 people in Nicaragua, Honduras and Belize. Miskito, also known as Bahwika, Wangki, or Tawira. Another 100,000 people speak a second language called Miskito Coastal Creole, which is a mixture of Miskito, English, Spanish, and African languages that arose after colonization. The Miskito language is the most widely spoken indigenous language in Nicaragua, this is because the Miskito people also hold the highest population of Indigenous people in the country.
Mískito Useful Links
- Human Rights: Mískito: Translation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights into the Mískito language.
- Mískito Prayers: Miskito translation of the Lord's Prayer.
- Diccionario Miskito: Dictionary and grammatical overview of Miskito. Page in Spanish.
- House of Languages: Miskitu: Information about Miskitu language usage.
- Mískito Language: Demographic information about Mískito from the Ethnologue of Languages.
- La Mosquitia: Article on bilingual education among the Miskito Indians.
- Freelang Mískito Dictionary: Free downloadable wordlist of the Miskito language.
- Miskitu Language Tree: Theories about Miskito's language relationships compiled by Linguist List.
- Miskito Language Structures: Miskito linguistic profile and academic bibliography.
- Endangered Languages Project: Mískito: Bibliography of Miskito language resources.
- Miskito Language: Encyclopedia articles on Mískito.
- Lengua Miskito / Idioma Miskito: Information about the Mískito language in Spanish.
- Mískitos: Mískito links.
- Miskito Tribe: Mískito Indian books.