Chibchan languages

E145274
indigenous language family language family

Chibchan languages are an indigenous language family of Central and northern South America, spoken by various Native American groups from Honduras through Panama into Colombia and Costa Rica.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Chibchan languages canonical 36
Proto-Chibchan 2
Bocotá language 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf indigenous language family ⓘ
language family ⓘ
alternativeName Chibchan languages ⓘ
surface form: Chibcha languages

Chibchan peoples ⓘ
surface form: Chibchan family
arealAssociation Isthmo-Colombian Area ⓘ
surface form: Intermediate Area of the Americas
geographicDistribution from eastern Honduras to northern Colombia ⓘ
including highland and lowland regions ⓘ
hasSubgroup Guaymiic subgroup ⓘ
Magdalena subgroup ⓘ
Pech–Rama subgroup ⓘ
Talamanca subgroup ⓘ
Votic subgroup ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin script (for many member languages) ⓘ
historicalImportance associated with pre-Columbian cultures in Costa Rica and Panama ⓘ
associated with pre-Columbian cultures in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta ⓘ
languageFamilyOf Arhuaco language ⓘ
Barí language ⓘ
Chibchan languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bocotá language

Boruca language ⓘ
Bribri ⓘ
surface form: Bribri language

Buglere language ⓘ
Cabécar language ⓘ
Damana language ⓘ
Guaymí ⓘ
surface form: Guaymí language

Kogi language ⓘ
Maléku language ⓘ
Ngäbere language ⓘ
Pech language ⓘ
Rama language ⓘ
Chibchan languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tairona languages

Teribe language ⓘ
Tunebo languages ⓘ
linguisticFeature predominantly SOV or SVO word order depending on language ⓘ
rich system of verbal morphology in many member languages ⓘ
recognizedBy linguists as a distinct language family ⓘ
relatedTo Lenca language ⓘ
surface form: Lenca languages

Misumalpan languages ⓘ
spokenBy indigenous peoples of Central America ⓘ
indigenous peoples of northern South America ⓘ
spokenIn Central America ⓘ
Colombia ⓘ
Costa Rica ⓘ
Honduras ⓘ
Nicaragua ⓘ
Panama ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
northern South America ⓘ
status many member languages are endangered ⓘ

Referenced by (45)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Central American Spanish → regionallyInfluencedBy → Chibchan languages ⓘ
Isthmo-Colombian Area → linguisticFamily → Chibchan languages ⓘ
Tairona → languageFamily → Chibchan languages ⓘ
Quimbaya → languageFamily → Chibchan languages ⓘ
Muisca → languageFamily → Chibchan languages ⓘ
Ngäbere language → languageFamily → Chibchan languages ⓘ
Guaymí → languageFamily → Chibchan languages ⓘ
Ngäbe people → languageFamily → Chibchan languages ⓘ
Buglere language → subclassOf → Chibchan languages ⓘ
Buglere language → hasAncestor → Chibchan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Chibchan language
Buglere language → isPartOf → Chibchan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chibchan language area
Ngobe → languageFamily → Chibchan languages ⓘ
Guna language → languageFamily → Chibchan languages ⓘ
Chocoan languages → neighboringLanguageFamily → Chibchan languages ⓘ
San Blas Kuna → languageFamily → Chibchan languages ⓘ
Ngäbe → languageFamily → Chibchan languages ⓘ
Chibchan languages → alternativeName → Chibchan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chibcha languages
Chibchan languages → languageFamilyOf → Chibchan languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tairona languages
Chibchan languages → languageFamilyOf → Chibchan languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bocotá language
Mesoamerican linguistic area → includesLanguageFamily → Chibchan languages ⓘ
Cabécar → languageFamily → Chibchan languages ⓘ
Buglé → languageFamily → Chibchan languages ⓘ
Diquís culture → languageFamily → Chibchan languages ⓘ
Bribri → languageFamily → Chibchan languages ⓘ
Andean languages → hasLanguageFamily → Chibchan languages ⓘ
southern Colombia → hasLanguageFamily → Chibchan languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Colombia
Tairona culture → languageFamily → Chibchan languages ⓘ
Chibchan peoples → associatedWithLanguageFamily → Chibchan languages ⓘ
Kogi people → languageFamily → Chibchan languages ⓘ
Muysca → languageFamily → Chibchan languages ⓘ
Kankuamo people → languageFamily → Chibchan languages ⓘ
Ngobe-Bugle → languageFamily → Chibchan languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Ngäbe-Buglé
Guna people → languageFamily → Chibchan languages ⓘ
Buglé people → languageFamily → Chibchan languages ⓘ
Ngöbe → languageFamily → Chibchan languages ⓘ
Indigenous people of Costa Rica → languageFamily → Chibchan languages ⓘ
Buglere → hasAncestor → Chibchan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Chibchan
Buglere → subfamily → Chibchan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Chibchan languages
Muoy-Bugle → isPartOf → Chibchan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chibchan languages of Central America
Guna → languageFamily → Chibchan languages ⓘ
American Indian languages → haveSubgroup → Chibchan languages ⓘ
Guna of Wargandí → languageFamily → Chibchan languages ⓘ
Guna of Wargandí → hasAncestor → Chibchan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Chibchan
Guna of Madungandí → languageFamily → Chibchan languages ⓘ
Barbacoan languages → possiblyRelatedTo → Chibchan languages ⓘ