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Nicaragua Creole English

Nicaragua Creole English is an Indo-European language spoken in Nicaragua. Glottolog rates it threatened.

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Nicaragua Creole English · 12.4°N 83.7°W

Miskito Coast Creole, or Nicaragua Creole English, is an English-based creole language spoken in coastal Honduran and Nicaraguan regions of Mosquito Coast on the Caribbean Sea; its approximately 100,000 speakers are spread over the Gracias a Dios Department of Honduras and RACCN and RACCS regions of Nicaragua. Mosquito is the nickname that is given to the region and earlier residents by early Europeans who visited and settled in the area. The term "Miskito" is now more commonly used to refer to both the people and the language.

Miskito creole is nearly identical to, and hence mutually intelligible with, Belizean Creole, and retains a high degree of intelligibility with all other Central American English creoles. It is also sometimes classified as a dialect of Jamaican Patois creole but this classification has been disputed. It also includes influences from the Miskito language and West/Central Africa.

From Wikipedia · Miskito Coast Creole · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Nicaragua Creole English

MeaningWordRomanization
womanuman
nameniem*
eyeai*
toothtit*
tonguetoN*
handhan*
bloodblod*
bonebuon*
skinkin*
breastbres*
waterwáta
firefayabon*
sunson*
stonestuon*
treetri*
leaflif*
nightnait*
dogdag*
fishfiS*
louselous*
Imi*
youyu*
wewi*
drinkdriNk*
dieded*
comekom*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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