Matagalpa is an extinct
Misumalpan
The Misumalpan languages (also Misumalpa or Misuluan) are a small family of languages spoken by indigenous peoples on the east coast of Nicaragua and nearby areas. The name "Misumalpan" was devised by John Alden Mason and is composed of syllables ...
language formerly spoken in the central highlands of
Nicaragua
Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the cou ...
. The language became extinct in the 19th century, and only few short wordlists remain. It was closely related to
Cacaopera
Cacaopera is a municipality in the Morazán department of El Salvador.
According to UNESCO:
The community of Cacaopera is the sole surviving representative of an otherwise vanished ethnic group, variously referred to as Ulua, Matagalpa, or C ...
.
The ethnic group, which numbers about 20,000, now speaks
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...
.
References
Misumalpan languages
Extinct languages of North America
Languages of Nicaragua
Languages extinct in the 1870s
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