miskito in English
noun
1
a member of an American Indian people of the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua and Honduras.
When the Sandinistas tried to relocate the Miskitos away from the war zones, thousands of Miskitos fled to Honduras and Costa Rica to avoid what they felt was mistreatment by the Hispanic Sandinistas.
2
the language of the Miskito, possibly related to Chibchan.
adjective
1
relating to the Miskito or their language.
In the 1980s, the Nicaraguan government instituted the first bilingual education programs for native people, taught in the Miskito language.
Use "miskito" in a sentence
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1. The Miskito have strong social ties and unique customs.
2. For example, the Miskito language has no formal words of address, such as “Mister” or “Miss.”
3. ‘Black Creoles and Garifunas, the descendants of Caribbean slaves, mix with Miskito, Rama, and Sumu Indians, who have lived on the land for hundreds of years.’ ‘It is the native tongue of the Creoles, blacks who came from Jamaica and other islands colonized by the British.’ ‘Free Creoles were of mixed African and European descent.’