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Chibcha, Mosca, Muisca, [4] Muysca (*/ˈmɨska/ *[ˈmʷɨska] [5]), or Muysca de Bogotá [6] 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 Muisca (also called Chibcha) are an Indigenous people and culture of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Colombia, that formed the Muisca Confederation before the Spanish conquest. The people spoke Muysccubun, a language of the Chibchan language family , also called Muysca and Mosca . [ 3 ]
Chibcha group. Chibcha / Muisca / Mosca – extinct language once spoken on the upper plateau of Bogotá and Tunja, department of Cundinamarca, Colombia. Duit dialect – once spoken on the Tunja River and Tundama River. Tunebo / Tame – language now spoken by many tribes living in the area east of the Chibcha tribe. Dialects:
In myth, when Chibchacum was angry, he sent heavy rains to the flatlands, causing the rivers to flood, destroying the agriculture and the houses (bohíos) of the Muisca.. When the rains were over and the Sun was shining again, causing Cuchavira to appear, the people offered low-grade gold or gold-copper alloys (), marine snails and small emeralds to thank h
The Muisca Confederation was a loose confederation of different Muisca rulers (zaques, zipas, iraca, and tundama) in the central Andean highlands of what is today Colombia before the Spanish conquest of northern South America.
This category contains articles about Muysccubun, the indigenous name of the Chibcha language spoken by the Muisca. Pages in category "Chibcha language" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
Their Chimila language is part of the Chibcha language family, of which there were estimated to be around 1000 speakers in 1998. [1] At the time of the Spanish Conquest the Ariguaní River valley was the strategic centre of their territory. [1] On the Serranía del Perijá mountains the Yukpas were also part of the Chimila confederation of ...
Chibcha can refer to: Chibcha language : It is also known as " Muysc cubun " (the language of the Muisca ) Chibchan languages : A language family with many other languages related from Central America to the north of South America