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Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

chibcha
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Name of a Colombian indigenous people of the Muisca family. Name of the language of these same indigenous people. The word as such in the native language means our people, we. Chibchas are actually all groups belonging to the Chibchense linguistic family, such as the u'wa, the bari-motons or the kogui, among others. They are also called Muiscas. They were basically located in the Cundiboyacense region. In Colombia colloquially refers to the Colombian, its culture and its language. We call ourselves chibcholobbianos.

  




Jorge Luis Tovar Díaz

Chibcha : 1- Pre-Columbian Amerindian people originating from the highlands of the eastern mountain range of Colombia. 2- Amerindian linguistic family whose speakers mostly belong to extinct tribes

  



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