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Chibcha, also known as Muisca or Mosca, is an extinct Chibchan language of Colombia, formerly spoken by the Muisca people, a complex indigenous civilization of South America and the present-day Colombian region. Scholars believe the Chibcha language arose in South America and then migrated with people to nearby areas. In 1770, King Charles III of Spain officially banned use of the language in the region as part of a de-indigenization project. The ban remained in law until Colombia passed its constitution of 1991. Words of Muysccubun origin are still used in the departments of Cundinamarca of which Bogotá is the capital, and Boyacá. These include curuba (a fruit), toche (a bird), guadua (a bamboo-like plant) and tatacoa (a snake). The Muisca descendants continue many traditional ways, such as the use of certain foods, use of coca for teas and healing rituals, and other aspects of natural ways, which are a deep part of culture here. Chibcha culture flourished in these areas since at least the 7th century BC. The only public school in Colombia currently teaching Muisca (to about 150 children) is in the town of Cota, about 20 miles by road from Bogotá. The school is named Jizcamox (healing with the hands) in Muisca. The Chibcha or Muisca called their language Muysccubun. The Spanish called it Chibcha, derived from Chib (staff) and Cha (man), meaning the Chief of the Community. Chibchacum, the god of agriculture, was punished by the god Bochica and had to hold the earth on his shoulders.
Source : DBpedia

Names (more)

[ar] التشيبشا
[an] Idioma muisca
[az] çibçə dili
[be] чыбча
[bn] চিবচা
[bs] čibča
[br] chibcha
[bg] чибча
[ca] Muisca
[cs] Čibča
[da] chibcha
[de] Chibcha-Sprache
[el] Τσίμπτσα
[en] Chibcha language
[et] tšibtša
[fa] چیبچا
[fi] tšibtša
[fr] Muisca
[gu] ચિબ્ચા
[he] צ'יבצ'ה
[hi] चिब्चा
[hr] Čibča
[hu] csibcsa
[id] Chibcha
[is] síbsja
[it] chibcha
[ja] チブチャ語
[kn] ಚಿಬ್ಚಾ
[ks] چیٖبچا
[ko] 치브차어
[lo] ຊິບຊາ
[lv] čibču
[lt] čibča
[ml] ചിബ്ച
[mr] चिब्चा
[mk] чибча
[mt] Ċibċa
[nl] Chibcha
[nn] chibcha
[nb] chibcha
[no] Muisca
[or] ଚିବ୍ଚା
[pl] czibcza
[pt] chibcha
[qu] Muyska simi
[rm] chibcha
[ro] chibcha
[ru] Чибча
[sk] čibča
[sl] čibčevščina
[es] Idioma muisca
[sr] Чибча
[sv] chibcha
[ta] சிப்சா
[te] చిబ్చా
[th] ชิบชา
[tr] Chibcha
[uk] чібча
[vi] Tiếng Chibcha

Language type : Extinct

Language resources for Chibcha

Open Languages Archives


Wiktionnaire - Catégorie:muisca [fr]

Technical notes

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Following BCP 47 the recommended tag for this language is chb.

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ISO 639 Codes

ISO 639-2B : chb
ISO 639-2T : chb
ISO 639-3 : chb

Linked Data URIs

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/chb
http://dbpedia.org/resource/ISO_639:chb
http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/chb

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