Mayangna

The Mayangna (also known as Sumo or Sumu ) are an indigenous people in Central America . Their language belongs to the Misumalpan family .

The Mayangna are native to the east coast of Nicaragua and Honduras , a region known as the Miskito Coast . In 2010 around 27,000 Mayangna lived in Nicaragua. There are a total of 36 Mayangna parishes, five of which are in Honduras. For several centuries the Mayangna have been displaced by the Miskito in their ancestral areas . Today the Mayangna mainly live in the area of ​​the Bosawás Biosphere Reserve.

Web links

• Unesco project
• GIZ's technical expertise on indigenous peoples in Nicaragua

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Coordination Office for Indigenous Peoples in Latin America and the Caribbean: Indigenous Peoples in Nicaragua. October 2010, accessed February 7, 2018 . 
2. ↑ BOSAWAS Biosphere Reserve in Nicaragua. Unesco, March 2008, accessed February 7, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Bosawas Biosphere Reserve - Info Nicaragua . In: Info Nicaragua . ( info-nicaragua.com [accessed February 7, 2018]).