ABSTRACT
The official language is Spanish, spoken by most of the population. There are also 1 500 speakers of Garifuna; 154 400 of Mískito (around Puerto Cabezas and along the northern Caribbean coast); 24 speakers of Rama; 6 700 speakers of Sumo and 30 000 speakers of Western Caribbean Creole English, around Bluefields and along the southern Caribbean coast).
