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ISO 639-3 · chbchb
Chibchan family

Chibcha

Muysccubun

Chibcha is a language of the Chibchan branch. Wikidata describes it as “extinct language of Colombia, spoken by the Muisca, one of the four advanced indigenous civilizations of the Americas”.

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At a glance
ISO 639-3
chb
Glottocode
chib1270
Family
Chibchan
Wikipedia
27 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
—countries
2scripts
1levels in the tree
9EGIDS level

Facts

NameChibcha · Muysccubun
Also calledMuysc cubun, Muysca language, Mosca language, Chibcha language
Written inLatin script, Muisca numerals

Vitality

EGIDS 9 Dormant9

Dormant or extinct. No fluent first-language speakers remain — EGIDS 9 and 10.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Chibchan to Chibcha

The branches above Chibcha, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

16ChibchanfamilychbChibchalanguage
where it is spoken

Distribution map

A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.

Map of the area where Chibcha is spoken
Map: Fibonacci , Oscarín . · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons