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Sumo Indian Language (Sumu, Mayangna)

Sumu is a Misumalpan language of Central America, spoken by around 7000 people in Nicaragua and Honduras. It is most closely related to Ulwa, and many linguists consider the two to be dialects of a single language. Sumu has SOV word order.

˜Sumu Language Resources –

Our Online Sumu Materials

Sumu Words
Our list of vocabulary words in the Sumu language.

Sumu Language Lessons and Linguistic Descriptions

Sumo Language:
Wikipedia article about the Ulwa and Sumu languages.

Sumo-Mayangna Language
Demographic information about Sumu from the Ethnologue of Languages.

Links, References, and Additional Information

   Sumo People:
   Encyclopedia articles on the Mayangnas.
   Lengua Sumu-Ulua:
   Information about the Sumu language in Spanish.

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