Muysccubun (meaning ‘people’s language’ or ‘language of the people’)
E646984
Muysccubun is the indigenous language historically spoken by the Muisca people of the Colombian Andes, belonging to the Chibchan language family.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Muysccubun | 0 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chibchan language
ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Chibcha de Bogotá
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Muisca language NERFINISHED ⓘ Muysca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Muisca Confederation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Duit
ⓘ
Lache NERFINISHED ⓘ U’wa language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Colombia ⓘ |
| culturalRole |
marker of Muisca identity
ⓘ
vehicle of Muisca cosmology ⓘ |
| documentedBy |
Spanish missionaries
ⓘ
colonial-era grammarians ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Muisca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsIn | Colombian Spanish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length (reconstructed / debated)
ⓘ
simple consonant inventory ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Altiplano Cundiboyacense
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Boyacá NERFINISHED ⓘ Cundinamarca NERFINISHED ⓘ Santander Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalWritingSystem | Spanish-based orthography ⓘ |
| influencedToponym |
Bacatá
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bogotá NERFINISHED ⓘ Chía NERFINISHED ⓘ Zipaquirá NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageCodeISO639-3 | chb ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Chibchan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lexicalInfluenceOn | Colombian Spanish toponyms ⓘ |
| nameMeaning |
language of the people
ⓘ
people’s language ⓘ |
| region | Colombian Andes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revitalizationEffortsIn |
Bogotá
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Boyacá NERFINISHED ⓘ Cundinamarca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Muisca people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenUntil | colonial period ⓘ |
| status |
formerly considered extinct
ⓘ
revitalized language ⓘ |
| subfamily | Eastern Chibchan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeDepth | pre-Columbian era ⓘ |
| typology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Muisca oral tradition
ⓘ
Muisca religion NERFINISHED ⓘ Muisca rituals ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.