Mískito Indian Language (Mískitu, Mísquito, Bahwika, Wanki)
Miskito is an indigenous language of Central America, spoken by nearly 200,000 people in Nicaragua, Honduras and Belize.
Miskito, also known as Bahwika, Wangki, or Tawira, belongs to the
Misumalpan language family, which is considered by some linguists
to be a subset of the Chibchan language group.
Another 100,000 people speak a second language called Miskito Coastal Creole, which is a mixture of Miskito, English, Spanish,
and African languages that arose after colonization.
Miskito Words
Our list of vocabulary words in the Miskito language.
Miskito Language Lessons and Linguistic Descriptions
Human Rights: Miskito:
Translation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights into the Miskito language.
Miskito Prayers:
Miskito translation of the Lord's Prayer.
Diccionario Miskito
Dictionary and grammatical overview of Miskito. Page in Spanish.
Mískito Language
Demographic information about Miskito from the Ethnologue of Languages.
La Mosquitia
Article on bilingual education among the Miskito Indians.