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Sumo
Sumu
Native toNicaragua, Honduras
RegionHuaspuc River and its tributaries
EthnicitySumo people
Native speakers
(9,000 cited 1997–2009)[1]
Misumalpan
  • Sumalpan
    • Sumo
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
yan – Mayangna
ulw – Ulwa
Glottologsumu1234
ELPSumo

Sumo (also known as Sumu) is the collective name for a group of Misumalpan languages spoken in Nicaragua and Honduras. Hale & Salamanca (2001) classify the Sumu languages into a northern Mayangna, composed of the Tawahka and Panamahka dialects, and southern Ulwa. Sumu specialist Ken Hale considered the differences between Ulwa and Mayangna in both vocabulary and morphology to be so considerable that he prefers to speak of Ulwa as a language distinct from the northern Sumu varieties.

Phonology

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Consonants

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LabialAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
plainlateral
Nasalvoicelessm̥n̥ŋ̊
voicedmnŋ
Plosivevoicelessptk
voicedbd
Fricativesh
Liquidvoicelessr̥l̥
voicedrl
Semivowelwj

Vowels

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FrontBack
shortlongshortlong
Closeiiːuuː
Openaaː

Sources

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  • Hale, Ken, and Danilo Salamanca (2001) "Theoretical and Universal Implications of Certain Verbal Entries in Dictionaries of the Misumalpan Languages", in Frawley, Hill & Munro eds. Making Dictionaries: Preserving indigenous Languages of the Americas. University of California Press.
  • Norwood, Susan (1997). Gramática de la lengua sumu. Managua: CIDCA.

References

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  1. ^ Mayangna at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Ulwa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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    Sumo
    Sumu
    Native toNicaragua, Honduras
    RegionHuaspuc River and its tributaries
    EthnicitySumo people
    Native speakers
    		(9,000 cited 1997–2009)[1]
    Misumalpan
    • Sumalpan
      • Sumo
    Language codes
    ISO 639-3Either:
    yan – Mayangna
    ulw – Ulwa
    Glottologsumu1234
    ELPSumo

    Sumo (also known as Sumu) is the collective name for a group of Misumalpan languages spoken in Nicaragua and Honduras. Hale & Salamanca (2001) classify the Sumu languages into a northern Mayangna, composed of the Tawahka and Panamahka dialects, and southern Ulwa. Sumu specialist Ken Hale considered the differences between Ulwa and Mayangna in both vocabulary and morphology to be so considerable that he prefers to speak of Ulwa as a language distinct from the northern Sumu varieties.

    Phonology

    Consonants

    LabialAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
    plainlateral
    Nasalvoicelessm̥n̥ŋ̊
    voicedmnŋ
    Plosivevoicelessptk
    voicedbd
    Fricativesh
    Liquidvoicelessr̥l̥
    voicedrl
    Semivowelwj

    Vowels

    FrontBack
    shortlongshortlong
    Closeiiːuuː
    Openaaː

    Sources

    • Hale, Ken, and Danilo Salamanca (2001) "Theoretical and Universal Implications of Certain Verbal Entries in Dictionaries of the Misumalpan Languages", in Frawley, Hill & Munro eds. Making Dictionaries: Preserving indigenous Languages of the Americas. University of California Press.
    • Norwood, Susan (1997). Gramática de la lengua sumu. Managua: CIDCA.

    References

    1. ^ Mayangna at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
      Ulwa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Stub icon

    This article related to the Indigenous languages of the Americas is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

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