Muysccubun

E167583

Chibchan language indigenous language language

Muysccubun is the indigenous language of the Muisca people of the Colombian Andes, historically used across the central highlands of present-day Colombia.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Muysccubun canonical	10

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chibchan language ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ language ⓘ
alternativeName	Muisca language ⓘ Muysca ⓘ
associatedWith	Muisca ⓘ surface form: Muisca Confederation Muisca ⓘ surface form: Muisca mythology
containsLoanwordsIn	Colombian Spanish ⓘ
country	Colombia ⓘ
culturalRole	medium of traditional knowledge transmission ⓘ vehicle of Muisca cultural identity ⓘ
declineCause	Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ surface form: Spanish colonization language shift to Spanish ⓘ
documentedBy	Spanish colonial chroniclers ⓘ missionaries in New Granada ⓘ
endonym	Muysccubun (meaning ‘people’s language’ or ‘language of the people’) ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Muisca ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature	SOV basic word order (subject–object–verb) ⓘ agglutinative morphology ⓘ evidentiality markers (in some descriptions) ⓘ postpositions instead of prepositions ⓘ
hasISOCode	none (no ISO 639-3 code assigned as of 2024) ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrast between aspirated and unaspirated consonants (in some analyses) ⓘ
historicalRegion	central highlands of present-day Colombia ⓘ
historicalUse	early colonial period ⓘ pre-Columbian era ⓘ
influencedBy	contact with Spanish ⓘ
languageFamily	Chibchan ⓘ Magdalena subgroup ⓘ
lexicalInfluenceOn	Colombian Spanish place names ⓘ toponyms in Boyacá ⓘ toponyms in Cundinamarca ⓘ
region	Altiplano Cundiboyacense ⓘ Colombian Andes ⓘ
revitalizationEffortIn	Cundinamarca region ⓘ surface form: Bogotá region Boyacá Department ⓘ surface form: Boyacá Cundinamarca region ⓘ surface form: Cundinamarca
spokenBy	Muisca ⓘ surface form: Muisca people
status	moribund ⓘ revitalized language ⓘ
timePeriodOfMajorUse	16th and 17th centuries ⓘ before Spanish conquest of the Muisca ⓘ
usedIn	Muisca oral tradition ⓘ Muisca ⓘ surface form: Muisca religion Muisca rituals ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (10)

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

Funza → etymologyLanguage → Muysccubun ⓘ

Sabana de Bogotá → languageHistoricallySpoken → Muysccubun ⓘ

Muisca → language → Muysccubun ⓘ

Chía (Muisca moon goddess) → nameLanguage → Muysccubun ⓘ

subject surface form: Chía

Pasca → languageInPreColumbianTimes → Muysccubun ⓘ

Muysca → spokeLanguage → Muysccubun ⓘ

zaque → languageOfTitle → Muysccubun ⓘ

tundama → languageSpoken → Muysccubun ⓘ

subject surface form: Tundama

Bachué → languageOfName → Muysccubun ⓘ

Hunza → languageSpoken → Muysccubun ⓘ