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ISO 639-3 · miqmiq
Misumalpan family
Miskito
Miskito is a language of the Misumalpan branch, spoken in Honduras and Nicaragua. Wikidata counts about 180,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “language spoken in Honduras and Nicaragua”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
miq- Glottocode
misk1235- Family
- Misumalpan
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Wikipedia
- 28 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
1levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Miskito |
|---|---|
| Also called | Miskito language, Mískito |
| All speakers | 180,000 |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Misumalpan to Miskito
The branches above Miskito, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
5MisumalpanfamilymiqMiskitolanguage
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Honduras
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