List of extinct languages in Central America and the Caribbean
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This is a list of extinct languages of Central America and the Caribbean, languages which have undergone language death
, have no native speakers, and no spoken descendant
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Language death
In linguistics, language death is a process that affects speech communities where the level of linguistic competence that speakers possess of a given language variety is decreased, eventually resulting in no native and/or fluent speakers of the variety...
, have no native speakers, and no spoken descendant
Historical language
Historical languages are languages that were spoken in a historical period. See:*Historical linguistics*List of languages by first written accounts*List of extinct languages*Classical language*Proto-language...
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Nicaragua
- MatagalpaMatagalpa languageMatagalpa is an extinct Misumalpan language formerly spoken in the central highlands of Nicaragua. The language became extinct in the nineteenth century, and only few short wordlists remain. It was closely related to Cacaopera. The ethnic group, which numbers about 20,000 now speaks Spanish....
- Monimbo
- Subtiaba