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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. | ||
==Miskito | ==Miskito Useful Links== | ||
* [http://www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Pages/Language.aspx?LangID=miq Human Rights: Miskito]: | * [http://www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Pages/Language.aspx?LangID=miq Human Rights: Miskito]: Translation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights into the Miskito language.<br /> | ||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110629003508/http://www.christusrex.org/www1/pater/JPN-miskito.html Miskito Prayers]: Miskito translation of the Lord's Prayer.<br /> | |||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110629003508/http://www.christusrex.org/www1/pater/JPN-miskito.html Miskito Prayers]: | * [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://rds.org.hn/docs/listas/moskitia/diccionario/diccionario.html Diccionario Miskito] | * [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=miq Mískito Language]: Demographic information about Miskito 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://www10.gencat.cat/pres_casa_llengues/AppJava/frontend/llengues_detall.jsp?id=669&idioma=5 House of Languages: Miskitu]: | * [https://www.freelang.net/dictionary/miskito.php Freelang Miskito 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://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=miq Mískito Language] | |||
* [http://www.links.net/vita/trip/hondo/mosquitia/mopawi/bilingual/ La Mosquitia] | |||
* [https://www.freelang.net/dictionary/miskito.php Freelang Miskito Dictionary]: | |||
* [http://multitree.org/codes/miq.html Miskitu Language Tree]: | |||
* [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: Miskito]: Bibliography of Miskito language resources.<br /> | |||
* [http://endangeredlanguages.com/lang/4660/bibliography Endangered Languages Project: Miskito]: | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miskito_language Miskito Language]: Encyclopedia articles on Miskito.<br /> | ||
Bibliography of Miskito language resources.<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]: | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miskito_language Miskito Language]: | |||
Encyclopedia articles on Miskito.<br /> | |||
* [http://www.proel.org/index.php?pagina=mundo/amerindia/chibcha_pae/chibchan/misumalpan/miskito Lengua Miskito] | |||
Information about the Miskito language in Spanish.<br /> | Information about the Miskito language in Spanish.<br /> | ||
* [http://www.dmoz.org/Society/Ethnicity/The_Americas/Indigenous/Native_Americans/Tribes,_Nations_and_Bands/M/Miskito/ Miskitos]: | * [http://www.dmoz.org/Society/Ethnicity/The_Americas/Indigenous/Native_Americans/Tribes,_Nations_and_Bands/M/Miskito/ Miskitos]: | ||
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* [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]: | ||
Miskito Indian books.<br /> | Miskito Indian books.<br /> | ||
===Sources=== | |||
* http://www.native-languages.org/miskito.htm | |||
==Free Mískito Lessons== | ==Free Mískito Lessons== | ||
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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.
Miskito Useful Links
- Human Rights: Miskito: Translation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights into the Miskito language.
- Miskito 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 Miskito from the Ethnologue of Languages.
- La Mosquitia: Article on bilingual education among the Miskito Indians.
- Freelang Miskito 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: Miskito: Bibliography of Miskito language resources.
- Miskito Language: Encyclopedia articles on Miskito.
- Lengua Miskito / Idioma Miskito:
Information about the Miskito language in Spanish.
Miskito links.
Miskito Indian books.
Sources