Miskito

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ethnic_group
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:butterfly
gptkbp:colonialContact gptkb:British_Empire
gptkb:Spanish_Empire
gptkbp:culturalPractice communal land ownership
dugout canoe building
gptkbp:diaspora gptkb:Honduras
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Flag_of_the_Miskito_Nation
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Miskito_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Miskito
gptkbp:language gptkb:Miskito_language
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Misumalpan_languages
gptkbp:location gptkb:Honduras
gptkb:Nicaragua
eastern Honduras
northeastern Nicaragua
gptkbp:musicBy Garifuna influence
traditional drums
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Coco_River
gptkb:Wangki_River
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:George_I
Oldman
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Brooklyn_Rivera
gptkb:Steadman_Fagoth
gptkbp:notableTown gptkb:Gracias_a_Dios_Department
gptkb:Bluefields
gptkb:Waspam
Bilwi (Puerto Cabezas)
gptkbp:population approximately 200,000
gptkbp:region gptkb:South_Caribbean_Coast_Autonomous_Region
gptkb:North_Caribbean_Coast_Autonomous_Region
gptkbp:relatedEthnicGroup gptkb:Rama
gptkb:Sumo
gptkb:Mayangna
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:selfGovernance tribe
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:British_protectorate_(17th–19th_centuries)
gptkb:Sandinista_conflict_(1980s)
integration into Nicaragua (late 19th century)
gptkbp:tradition mythology
gptkbp:traditionalDress brightly colored clothing
gptkbp:traditionalDwelling palm-thatched huts
gptkbp:traditionalEconomy gptkb:hunting
gptkb:gathering
agriculture
fishing
gptkbp:traditionalFood gptkb:seafood
cassava
plantains
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus vulnerable language
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Latin_script
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Central_America
gptkb:Caribbean_Nicaraguan_cuisine
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4