Mískito
Mískito is a Misumalpan language spoken in Honduras and Nicaragua, by about 180 thousand people.
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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.
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Written down
Upla sut ba kulkanka lakara, airaitka nanira bara pri, sin, aikuki, baku takisa. Bamna sins laka bri baku, lukanka bain pri baku aimuihni lakara, pana pana tabaikan kaiasa.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Mískito
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| water | li | |
| fire | pata | |
| tree | dus | |
| dog | yul | |
| fish | inska | |
| yes | au |
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- MayangnaMisumalpan19% alike
- UlwaMisumalpan18% alike
- Doromu-KokiManubaran16% alike
- Laha (Viet Nam)Tai-Kadai14% alike
- RamaChibchan12% alike
- MatbatAustronesian12% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · misk1235 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · miq