Matagalpa is an extinct Misumalpan language formerly spoken in the central highlands of

Nicaragua Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest Sovereign state, country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean Sea, Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to ...

. The language became extinct in the 19th century, and only few short wordlists remain. It was closely related to Cacaopera. The ethnic group, which numbers about 20,000, now speaks Spanish.

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Misumalpan languages Extinct languages of North America Languages of Nicaragua Languages extinct in the 1870s {{indigenousAmerican-lang-stub