Matagalpa language

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Matagalpa
Pantasmas [1]
Native to Nicaragua
RegionCentral Highlands
Ethnicity20,000 Matagalpa people
Extinct 1997 [2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mtn
Glottolog mata1288

Matagalpa is an extinct Misumalpan language formerly spoken in the central highlands of Nicaragua. [3]

It was closely related to Cacaopera. [4] The ethnic group, which numbers about 20,000, now speaks Spanish.

According to local inhabitants familiar with remote regions, the language may still be spoken in the highland areas of Azancor, Musún, and Pancasan, located in Matagalpa Department. Many words of Matagalpa are still used in the region. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Matagalpa". LINGUIST List. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  2. ↑ Matagalpa at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg
  3. ↑ Campbell, Lyle (2021-10-25). "Middle American Languages". The Languages of Native America. University of Texas Press. pp. 902–1000. doi:10.7560/746244-018. ISBN   978-0-292-76851-2.
  4. ↑ Wierzbicka, Anna (1994). "Semantic and Lexical Universals". Semantic and Lexical Universals: 1–520.
  5. ↑ "Vestiges of Ancient Indigenous Language Still Found Today in Matagalpa's Northern Highlands". The Tico Times. 11 January 2008. Retrieved 14 April 2025.


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