Muysccubun

E167583

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

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Muysccubun canonical 22

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chibchan language ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ
language ⓘ
alternativeName Muisca language ⓘ
Muysca ⓘ
associatedWith Muisca Confederation ⓘ
linked to: Muisca

Muisca mythology ⓘ
linked to: Muisca
containsLoanwordsIn Colombian Spanish ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
culturalRole medium of traditional knowledge transmission ⓘ
vehicle of Muisca cultural identity ⓘ
declineCause 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 Bogotá region ⓘ
linked to: Cundinamarca region

Boyacá ⓘ
linked to: Boyacá Department

Cundinamarca ⓘ
linked to: Cundinamarca region
spokenBy Muisca people ⓘ
linked to: Muisca
status moribund ⓘ
revitalized language ⓘ
timePeriodOfMajorUse 16th and 17th centuries ⓘ
before Spanish conquest of the Muisca ⓘ
usedIn Muisca oral tradition ⓘ
Muisca religion ⓘ
linked to: Muisca

Muisca rituals ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (22)

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

Funza → etymologyLanguage → Muysccubun ⓘ
Muisca → language → Muysccubun ⓘ
Chía → nameLanguage → Muysccubun ⓘ
subject linked to: Chía (Muisca moon goddess)
Muysca → spokeLanguage → Muysccubun ⓘ
zaque → languageOfTitle → Muysccubun ⓘ
Tundama → languageSpoken → Muysccubun ⓘ
subject linked to: tundama
Bachué → languageOfName → Muysccubun ⓘ
Hunza → languageSpoken → Muysccubun ⓘ
Suamox → languageOfName → Muysccubun ⓘ
Sugamuxi → languageSpoken → Muysccubun ⓘ
subject linked to: Sugamuxi (Muisca high priest)
Muisca language → nativeName → Muysccubun ⓘ
Tausa → languageSpokenHistorically → Muysccubun ⓘ
Lenguazaque → languageOfToponym → Muysccubun ⓘ
Aquiminzaque → languageSpoken → Muysccubun ⓘ