Mangue

A language of Nicaragua

ISO 639: mom
Alternate Names: Chorotega, Monimbo
Population: No known L1 speakers. The last fluent speaker either died or shifted to Spanish by the early 1870s; some rememberers survived into the late 1880s (Brinton 1886). Ethnic population: 46,000 (2005 census).
Location:: Scattered. North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region: highlands.
Language Status: 9 (Dormant).
Classification: Unclassified
Language Use: Shifted to Spanish [spa].
Language Development: Dictionary.
Other Comments: Few traits of their pre-conquest American Indian culture remain.

Location: Scattered. North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region: highlands.