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Mískito Coast Creole or '''Nicaragua Creole English''' is a language spoken in report The language is nearly identical to Belizean Creole (Kriol) , and similar to all Central America n Creoles. It does not have the status of an official language. __NOTOC__ GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION Speakers of Miskito Coast Creole are primarily persons of Africa n, Amerindian , and Europe an descent in the towns and on the offshore islands of the Mosquito Coast. The main concentration of speakers is around Bluefields , capital of the Región Autónoma Del Atlántico Sur , although a majority of inhabitants of the city are now Spanish -speaking immigrants. Other communities of Creole s are found in Waspán on the Coco River near Cape Gracias A Dios , in Laguna De Perlas , Puerto Cabezas , the offshore Corn Islands , Prinzapolka (Puerto Isabel), and San Juan Del Norte (Greytown). Inland, the language is spoken in Siuna , Rosita , and Bonanza on the Prinzapolka River . On the Pacific coast, there are small numbers of speakers in Corinto , Puerto Sandino , and the Nicaraguan capital of Managua . Rama Cay Creole is a variety of the language spoken by the Rama People on Rama Cay , an island in the Bluefields Lagoon. HISTORY African slaves were shipwrecked on the Mosquito Coast as early as 1640 and interaction between them and the local Miskito population commenced. Larger numbers of Africans from Jamaica enslaved by British owners were settled in the area during the 1700s which led to the development of Miskito Coastal Creole. The Coast was officially under British Protection from 1740 to 1787 according to the Treaty Of Friendship And Alliance with the Miskito Kingdom and remained under British influence until the late 19th century. In the mid-1800s, more English- or Creole-speaking laborers, primarily from Jamaica, were brought to the Coast as labourers. However, following the 1894 formal annexation of the Miskito Kingdom by Nicaragua, an increasing number of Spanish speakers migrated to the area. The 1987 Constitution Of Nicaragua granted autonomy to the Zelaya Department as two Autonomous Regions of the North and South Atlantic Coast s. Autonomous status has allowed for the promotion and development of the languages of the Caribbean Coast and, As Of 1992 , there was education in English and Spanish, as well as education in Indigenous languages. NOTES REFERENCES
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