For other uses, see Chibcha language (disambiguation).
Language of Colombia, spoken by the Muisca
Chibcha
Muisca or Muysca
Muysc cubun
Pronunciation
mʷɨsk kuβun
Native to
Colombia
Region
Altiplano Cundiboyacense
Ethnicity
Muisca
Native speakers
No native speakers[1][2]
Language family
Chibchan
Kuna-Colombian
Chibcha
Dialects
Duit
Writing system
only numerals
Language codes
ISO 639-2
chb
ISO 639-3
chb
Glottolog
chib1270
Chibchan languages. Chibcha itself is spoken in the southernmost area, in central Colombia
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Chibcha, Mosca, Muisca,[3]Muysca (*/ˈmɨska/ *[ˈmʷɨska][4]), or Muysca de Bogotá[5] is a language spoken by the Muisca people of the Muisca Confederation, one of the many indigenous cultures of the Americas. The Muisca inhabit the Altiplano Cundiboyacense of what today is the country of Colombia.
The name of the language Muysc cubun in its own language means "language of the people", from muysca ("people") and cubun ("language" or "word"). Despite the disappearance of the language in the 17th century (approximately), several language revitalization processes are underway within the current Muisca communities. The Muisca people remain ethnically distinct and their communities are recognized by the Colombian state.[6]
Important scholars who have contributed to the knowledge of the Chibcha language include Juan de Castellanos, Bernardo de Lugo, José Domingo Duquesne and Ezequiel Uricoechea.
^[https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/chib1270
According to Glotolog it is an extinct language.] Linguists Adolfo Constenla (1984), María González (1987, 2006) and Adelaar (2007) also consider it an extinct language.
^Chibcha at MultiTree on the Linguist List
^Uricoechea 1854.
^González de Pérez 2006, pp. 63.
^Gómez 2020.
^Las raíces muiscas que sobreviven en Suba. Radio Nacional de Colombia.
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