Sumo language
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Sumo is the collective name for a group of Misumalpan languages spoken in Nicaragua
and Honduras
. Hale & Salamanca (2001) classifies the Sumu languages into a northern Mayangna, composed of the Twahka and Panamahka dialects, and southern Ulwa. Sumu specialist Ken Hale
considers the differences between Ulwa and Mayangna in both vocabulary and morphology to be so considerable that he prefers to speak of it as a language distinct from the northern Sumu varieties.
Nicaragua
Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...
and Honduras
Honduras
Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...
. Hale & Salamanca (2001) classifies the Sumu languages into a northern Mayangna, composed of the Twahka and Panamahka dialects, and southern Ulwa. Sumu specialist Ken Hale
Kenneth L. Hale
Kenneth Locke Hale was a linguist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who studied a huge variety of previously unstudied and often endangered languages—especially indigenous languages of North America, Central America and Australia...
considers the differences between Ulwa and Mayangna in both vocabulary and morphology to be so considerable that he prefers to speak of it as a language distinct from the northern Sumu varieties.