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Sumo Indian Language (Ulwa, Ulwa, Mayangna)

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

˜Ulwa Language Resources –

Our Online Ulwa Materials

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

Ulwa Language Lessons and Linguistic Descriptions

The Ulwa Language Project:
Lots of Ulwa information including an online dictionary, linguistics papers, and a language map.

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

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

Links, References, and Additional Information

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

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