535,225, with 456,000 living in Nicaragua. The Miskito people speak the Miskito language and Miskito Coast Creole. Most also speak other languages, such...
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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...
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Mosquito Coast (redirect from Miskito Coast)
coast of present-day Nicaragua and Honduras. It was named after the local Miskito Nation and was long dominated by British interests and known as the Mosquito...
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derogatory name historically used by the Miskito people. Their culture is closer to that of the indigenous peoples of Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia than...
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Miskito may refer to: Miskito people, ethnic group in Honduras and Nicaragua Miskito Sambu, branch of Miskito people with African admixture Tawira Miskito...
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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,...
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split between himself, a Miskito Governor, a Miskito General, and by the 1750s, a Miskito Admiral. Historical information on Miskito kings is often obscured...
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The Miskito language, the language of the Miskito people of the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua and Honduras, is a member of the Misumalpan language family...
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The Miskito Sambu, also known simply as the Miskito, are an ethnic group of mixed cultural ancestry (African-Indigenous American) occupying a portion...
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Grisi siknis (category Miskito)
(in Miskito language, from English, means "crazy sickness") is a contagious, culture-bound syndrome that occurs predominantly among the Miskito people of...
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