These languages are spoken in Central America, on the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua. There are also some speakers in Honduras.<\/p>\n
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The speakers are members of the Amerindian populations who inhabited the region long before the arrival of Europeans and colonisation.<\/p>\n
135 000 according to UNESCO<\/p>\n
207 000 according to ethnologue.com (SIL)<\/p>\n
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The Misumalpan group includes 2 active languages at this time.<\/p>\n
Miskito<\/strong> (alternative name : Mosquito<\/em>) (Honduras, Nicaragua) : 125 000 speakers according to UNESCO and over 200 000 according to SIL<\/p>\n Sumu-Cacaopera-Matagalpa Branch<\/span><\/p>\n Sumu<\/strong> (alternative name: Sumo<\/em>) (Nicaragua, Honduras) : (10 000) 7000 speakers according to SIL<\/p>\n Sub branch Cacaopera-Matagalpa<\/p>\n Cacaopera<\/strong> : extinct<\/p>\n Matagalpa<\/strong> : extinct<\/p>\n We have adopted Campbell\u2019s classification (1997).<\/p>\n There is no real consensus concerning the internal classification of Misumalpan languages. According to criteria which enable us to distinguish between languages and dialects, Sumu is perceived as a dialectal group, or as a Sumalpan sub group which would include 3 or 4 languages.<\/p>\n Yes these two languages are endangered.<\/p>\n Miskito is spoken by over 100 000 speakers, but UNESCO considers it to be \u00ab vulnerable \u00bb. Its future is not endangered in the short term, but its tranmission is constantly decreasing due to the cultural pressure of Spanish.<\/p>\n Of the 4 Sumo dialects recognised by UNESCO, 3 are considered to be in \u00ab great danger \u00bb, which means that Sumo is threatened to disappear in the next few decades. It is the most endangered language of the family.<\/p>\n Campbell, Lyle (1997). American Indian languages: the historical linguistics of Native America<\/em>. Oxford: Oxford University Press.<\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Where are Misumalpan languages spoken? These languages are spoken in Central America, on the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua. There are also some speakers in Honduras. Who speaks Misumalpan languages ? The speakers are members of the Amerindian populations who inhabited the region long before the arrival of Europeans and colonisation. Total number of speakers (estimates) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5478","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nComments on the classification of Misumalpan languages :<\/h5>\n
Are Misumalpan languages endangered ?<\/h5>\n
Sources<\/h5>\n