Tags: Language.
Rama is one of the indigenous languages of the Chibchan family spoken by the Rama people on the island of Rama Cay and south of lake Bluefields on the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua. Other indigenous languages of this region include: Miskito and Sumu (Craig 1992). Rama is one of the northernmost languages of the Chibchan family (Craig 1990:293).The Rama language is severely endangered. Their language was described as dying quickly for lack of use as early as the 1860s (Pim & Seemann 1869:280).