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    Chibcha, Mosca, Muisca, Muysca (*/ˈmɨska/ *[ˈmʷɨska]), or Muysca de Bogotá is a language spoken by the Muisca people of the Muisca Confederation, one of...
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    Rica, and Panama. The name is derived from the name of an extinct language called Chibcha or Muisca, once spoken by the people who lived on the Altiplano...
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  • 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...
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    Muisca (redirect from Chibcha)
    The Muisca (also called Chibcha) are an Indigenous people and culture of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Colombia, that formed the Muisca Confederation...
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    Duit is an extinct Chibcha language, which had been spoken by the Muisca of present-day Boyacá, Colombia. The language appears in the modern name of the...
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    Spanish conquest of New Granada (category Articles with Spanish-language sources (es))
    New Granada refers to the conquest by the Spanish monarchy of the Chibcha language-speaking nations of modern-day Colombia and Panama, mainly the Muisca...
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    similarities with the Chibcha, Barbakoa, Choko, Tukano, Andaki, and Kofan language families due to contact. Below is a full list of Paezan language varieties listed...
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    Tejo (sport) (category Articles containing Chibcha-language text)
    used a golden disc called a zepquagosqua, which means "I play" in the Chibcha language.[citation needed] Tejo is a popular sport in Colombia, and some see...
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    Lake Guatavita (category Articles containing Chibcha-language text)
    municipality of Sesquilé, which means "hot water" in the now-extinct language of Chibcha, once spoken by the local indigenous people, the Muisca. Spanish...
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    Bogotá (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
    south based on the relation with the other Chibcha languages; the Bogotá savanna was the southernmost Chibcha-speaking group that exists from Nicaragua...
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  • indigenous languages that are still used by their respective populations. All of them belonging to the Chibcha language family. Those languages are: Maléku...
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    States of Venezuela (category Articles containing Spanish-language text)
    in Spain Zulia's name stems from a vocal transliteration from the Chibcha language, the name they called an exotic blue-flowered plant known as "Edging...
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    The goddess Bachué (in Chibcha language: "the one with the naked breast") is a mother goddess that, according to the Muisca religion, is the mother of...
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  • Old Catío is an extinct Chibchan language of Colombia (Adelaar & Muysken, 2004:49)....
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    Tequendama Falls Museum (category Articles with Spanish-language sources (es))
    (La Casa del Salto del Tequendama). The name Tequendama means in the Chibcha language of the Muisca people "he who precipitated downward". In 1923, the building...
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    The goddess Chía (from the Chibcha language "the one who is like the moon"), is a triple lunar deity in the religion of the Muisca who inhabited the Altiplano...
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    certain lexical similarities with Timote-Cuica languages, and typological similarities with Chibcha languages. But the limited data does not allow validity...
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    Sesquilé (category Articles with Spanish-language sources (es))
    Province in the department of Cundinamarca, Colombia. Sesquilé in the Chibcha language of the Muisca means "hot water". Sesquilé is adjacent to Tominé Reservoir...
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    Arauca Department (category Articles with Spanish-language sources (es))
    acres). Their language is considered part of the Chibcha language family.[citation needed] Although not retaining their original language, the people speak...
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  • in society and his adornment with gold, feathers and inks. In the Chibcha language spoken by the Muisca people, the word Güechá has a number of possible...
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  • List of ISO 639-2 codes (category Articles containing Chibcha-language text)
    ISO 639 is a set of international standards that lists short codes for language names. The following is a complete list of three-letter codes defined in...
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    2020-01-29. Chevrier, Natacha (2017). Analyse de la phonologie du bribri (chibcha) dans une perspective typologique: Nasalité et géminée modulée. Jara &...
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    Muisca numerals (category Chibcha language)
    Muisca had a vigesimal numerical system, based on multiples of twenty (Chibcha: gueta). The Muisca numerals were based on counting with fingers and toes...
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    Guane people (category Articles with Spanish-language sources (es))
    to have been the capital of the Guane people. The word guane in the Chibcha language of the people means "tree" or "lower part of a leaf", or "skirt". The...
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    Lake Tota (category Articles with Spanish-language sources (es))
    religious center for the Muisca culture. The name Tota comes from the Chibcha language of the Muisca and according to linguist Mariana Escribano its main...
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  • considered to be one of a few "Chibcha-speaking tribes", categorized by similarities in the languages that they speak. Other Chibcha speaking tribes include...
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    Muisca Confederation (category Articles containing Chibcha-language text)
    various other caciques (chiefs). The Muisca spoke Chibcha, in their own language called Muysccubun; "language of the people". The Muisca people, different...
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    chibchenses?". Estudios de Lingüística Chibcha. 24: 7–85.[permanent dead link‍] Greenberg, Joseph H. (1987). Language in the Americas. Stanford, California:...
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    List of Muisca toponyms (category Chibcha language)
    the Muisca in the 1530s. The name of the language of the Muisca is called Chibcha, Muisca or, in its own language, Muysccubun. Muisca means "man", "person"...
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    native people. Rapa Nui is a Polynesian language spoken on Easter Island, Chile. Macro-Chibchan Chibchan Chibcha-Duit, Tunebo, Arhuaco, Cuna-Cueva, Guaymi-Dorasque...
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