Chibcha language
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For other uses, see Chibcha language (disambiguation).
| Chibcha | ||
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| Spoken in: | Central highlands of Colombia | |
| Language extinction: | ? | |
| Language family: | Chibchan Chibchan Proper Chibcha |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | chb | |
| ISO 639-3: | chb | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
Chibcha, also known as Muisca or Mosca, is oficially an extinct Chibchan language of Colombia, formerly spoken by the Muisca people. Actually the name of the Chibcha language is "muysca kubun". The word "Chibcha" comes from "Chib" (staff) and "Cha" (man), meaning the "Chief of the Community". Chibchacum, for example, was the god of the agriculture and he was punished by Bochica to hold the earth on his shoulders.
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