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Chibcha | |
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Muisca, Muysca | |
Muysc cubun | |
Pronunciation | *[mʷɨsk kuβun] |
Native to | Colombia |
Region | Altiplano Cundiboyacense |
Ethnicity | Muisca |
Extinct | 18th century[1][3] |
Revival | at least 150 speakers [citation needed] |
Chibchan
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Dialects | Duit |
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 | |
Chibcha, Mosca, Muisca,[4] Muysca (*/ˈmɨska/ *[ˈmʷɨska][5]), or Muysca de Bogotá[6] is a language spoken by the Muisca people, 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.[7]
Important scholars who have contributed to the knowledge of the Muisca language include Juan de Castellanos, Bernardo de Lugo, José Domingo Duquesne and Ezequiel Uricoechea.
Finally, in the 18th century, a new linguistic policy prohibited the use of indigenous languages and imposed the use of Spanish, according to a royal decree of 1770 from Charles III. This policy sought to achieve "that the different languages used in all domains become extinct and only Spanish is spoken. By this time, Muysca was already considered an extinct language(Ardila, 2016:264)