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Preferred term

chbChibcha  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Chibcha, also known as Muisca or Mosca, is an extinct Chibchan language of Colombia, formerly spoken by the Muisca people, a complex indigenous civilization of South America and the present-day Colombian region. Scholars believe the Chibcha language arose in South America and then migrated with people to nearby areas.

Entry terms

  • Chibcha language

ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code

  • chb

ISO 639-2 Terminological code

  • chb

ISO 639-3 code

  • chb

Notation

  • chb

In other languages

  • Muisca

    French

  • chibcha
  • Chibcha-Sprache

    German

  • chibcha

    Italian

  • Portuguese

  • chibcha

    Spanish

  • Idioma muisca

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/chb

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