Sumo is the collective name for a group of Misumalpan languages spoken in Nicaragua and Honduras. Hale and Salamanca classified the Sumu languages into a northern Mayangna branch, made up of the Tawahka and Panamahka dialects, and a southern Ulwa branch. The linguist Ken Hale considered the differences between Ulwa and Mayangna significant enough in vocabulary and morphology that he preferred to treat Ulwa as a distinct language from the northern Sumu varieties.
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Sumo (also known as Sumu) is the collective name for a group of Misumalpan languages spoken in Nicaragua and Honduras.
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Sumo (also known as Sumu) is the collective name for a group of Misumalpan languages spoken in Nicaragua and Honduras.
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