Chibcha, also known as Muisca or Mosca, is "officially" an extinct^[1] Chibchan language of Colombia, formerly spoken by the Muisca people. Though officially extinct, it is still spoken in some areas outside of Bogota.^[2] The only public school in Colombia where Muisca is taught to about 150 children exists in the town of Cota, named Jizcamox.^[2] It is a language older than Aramaic, according to researcher Mariana Escribano^[2], who has done extensive work studying the Muisca people. Actually the name of the Chibcha language is "muysca kubun". The word "Chibcha" comes from "Chib" (staff) and "Cha" (man), meaning the "Chief of the Community". Chibchacum, for example, was the god of agriculture and he was punished by Bochica to hold the earth on his shoulders.

Chibcha language test of Wiktionary at Wikimedia Incubator

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