Miskito people - Wikipedia
WEBMoravianism, Roman Catholicism. Related ethnic groups. Mayangna. Cacaopera. Garifuna. Maroons. Afro-Caribbeans. The Miskitos are a native people in Central America. Their territory extends from Cape Camarón, Honduras, to Río Grande de Matagalpa, Nicaragua, along the Mosquito Coast, in the Western Caribbean zone.
Miskito | Indigenous, Caribbean, Honduras | Britannica
WEBMiskito, Central American Indians of the lowlands along the Caribbean coast of northeastern Nicaragua. They were encountered by Columbus on his fourth voyage and have been in steady European contact since the mid-17th century. In the late 20th century five subgroups existed, with a total population.
Miskito language - Wikipedia
WEBMiskito. Miskito ( Miskitu in the Miskito language) is a Misumalpan language spoken by the Miskito people in northeastern Nicaragua, especially in the North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, and in eastern Honduras . With around 150,000 speakers, Miskito is the most widely spoken of a family of languages of Nicaragua and Honduras that has …
Miskito | Encyclopedia.com
WEBMay 21, 2018 · INTRODUCTION. The Miskito (also spelled Mosquito) are an indigenous people living in the Caribbean coastal lowlands of Nicaragua and Honduras. They came to international attention in the early 1980s as a result of their resistance activities against Nicaragua's Sandinista government.
Mosquito Coast - Wikipedia
WEBFor other uses, see Mosquito Coast (disambiguation). The Mosquito Coast (also known as the Mosquitia or Mosquito Shore) is an area along the eastern coast of present-day Nicaragua and Honduras. It was named after the local Miskito Nation and was long dominated by British interests and known as the Mosquito Kingdom.
Miskito - New World Encyclopedia
WEBMiskito. The Miskitos are indigenous people in Central America. Their territory expands from Cape Camarón, Honduras, to Rio Grande, Nicaragua along the Mosquito Coast. There is a native Miskito language, but large groups speak Miskito creole English, Spanish, and other languages.
Miskito Language and the Miskito Indian Tribe (Miskitu, Misquito ...
WEBMiskito 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, belongs to the Misumalpan language family, which is considered by some linguists to be a subset of the Chibchan language group.
Miskito - Summary - eHRAF World Cultures
WEBMiskito women have always tended agricultural plots, though men clear plots and help with planting and harvesting seed crops (rice, beans). Men have traditionally fished and hunted and taken jobs with Europeans. Within the family, women and men share child-rearing responsibilities, although most of the day-to-day domestic work falls to women. ...
Miskito language, pronunciation and alphabet - Omniglot
WEBMiskito (Mískitu) Miskito is a Misumalpan language spoken by about 180,000 in the northeast of Nicaragua and the east of Honduras. Miskito is related to and contains loanwords from other Misumalpan languages such as Sumo and Matagalpan, and also from English and Spanish.
Miskito/Introduction - Wikibooks, open books for an open world
WEBMar 7, 2023 · ("Speak Miskito!"), a language course in Wikibooks, is an elementary introduction to the Miskito language, spoken in parts of Nicaragua and Honduras. The course focuses primarily on presenting the grammar basics through carefully graded and didactically presented lessons.
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