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    native languages. Additionally, Nicaragua has four extinct indigenous languages. Languages of Nicaragua Source: Ethnologue Spanish is spoken by 90% of the...
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  • Nicaraguan Sign Language (ISN; Spanish: Idioma de Señas de Nicaragua) is a form of sign language developed by deaf children in a number of schools in Nicaragua...
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    the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua were mainly inhabited by speakers of Misumalpan languages and some speakers of Chibchan languages. These groups include...
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    peoples of the Caribbean coast have maintained distinct identities, and some still speak their native languages as first languages. Nicaraguan music is...
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    Italian. Nicaragua has a total of 4 extinct languages. Nicaraguan Sign Language is also of particular interest to linguists. The flag of Nicaragua was adopted...
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    spoken of a family of languages of Nicaragua and Honduras that has come to be known as Misumalpan. This name is formed from parts of the names of the family's...
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  • Mískito Coast Creole or Nicaraguan Creole English is an English-based creole language spoken in coastal Nicaraguan region of Mosquito Coast on the Caribbean...
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    Chinese Nicaraguans and Palestinian Nicaraguans, have maintained their ancestral languages, which are minority languages, while also speaking Spanish and/or...
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  • of Misumalpan languages spoken in Nicaragua and Honduras. Hale & Salamanca (2001) classify the Sumu languages into a northern Mayangna, composed of the...
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    indigenous languages), Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay (co-official with Guaraní), Peru (co-official with Quechua, Aymara, and "the other indigenous languages"),...
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  • century. A hybrid form of Nahuat-Spanish was spoken by many Nicaraguans up until the 19th century. Most authors refer to this language by the names Nawat...
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  • as Chorotega, is an extinct Oto-Manguean language ancestral to Nicaragua, Honduras and Costa Rica. Estimates of the ethnic population vary widely, from...
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  • The Votic languages are a well-defined branch of Chibchan languages spoken in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. They are: Rama southeastern Nicaragua, moribund...
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  • 1797 to the north coast of Honduras from where the language and Garifuna people has since spread along the coast south to Nicaragua and north to Guatemala...
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    The president of Nicaragua (Spanish: presidente de Nicaragua), officially known as the president of the Republic of Nicaragua (Spanish: Presidente de...
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    Misumalpan languages (also Misumalpa or Misuluan) are a small family of languages spoken by indigenous peoples on the east coast of Nicaragua and nearby...
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    Lake Nicaragua or Cocibolca or Granada (Spanish: Lago de Nicaragua, Lago Cocibolca, Mar Dulce, Gran Lago, Gran Lago Dulce, or Lago de Granada) is a freshwater...
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  • an extinct Oto-Manguean language which was spoken on the Pacific slope of Nicaragua, especially in the Subtiaba district of León. Edward Sapir established...
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    The United States occupation of Nicaragua from 1912 to 1933 was part of the Banana Wars, when the U.S. military invaded various Latin American countries...
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    The Nicaragua Canal (Spanish: Canal de Nicaragua), formally the Nicaraguan Canal and Development Project (also referred to as the Nicaragua Grand Canal...
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    Nicaragua is a unitary republic, divided for administrative purposes into fifteen departments (Spanish: departamentos) and two autonomous regions (Spanish:...
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  • Nicaragua ranges from the Caribbean Sea on the nation's east coast, and the Pacific Ocean bordering the west. Nicaragua also possesses a series of islands...
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    Nicaraguan Spanish (Spanish: Español nicaragüense) is geographically defined as the form of Spanish spoken in Nicaragua. Affectionately, Nicaraguan Spanish...
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  • language, occupying part of the territory of Honduras and Nicaragua. It is an extinct language of the Misumalpan languages that was the main language...
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    Nicaraguan cuisine includes a mixture of Mesoamerican, Chibcha, Spanish, Caribbean, and African cuisine. Despite the blending and incorporation of pre-Columbian...
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  • The Nicaraguan Armed Forces (Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas de Nicaragua) are the military forces of Nicaragua. There are three branches: the Navy, the Army...
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  • Matagalpa is an extinct Misumalpan language formerly spoken in the central highlands of Nicaragua. The language became extinct in the 19th century, and...
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  • coast of Nicaragua. Other indigenous languages of this region include Miskito and Sumu (Craig 1992). Rama is one of the northernmost languages of the Chibchan...
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  • throughout El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua. But by the beginning of the 20th century, only two languages of the family survived, Salvadoran Lenca...
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    of Nicaragua Spanish conquest of Nicaragua Culture of Nicaragua Cuisine of Nicaragua Languages of Nicaragua Media in Nicaragua National symbols of Nicaragua...
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