Native to Boyacá, Colombia Extinct yes | Ethnicity Muisca Writing system Only numerals | |
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Region Altiplano Cundiboyacense Language family Chibcha
Kuna-Colombian
Muysccubun
Duit | ||
Duit is an extinct Chibcha language, spoken by the Muisca of present-day Boyacá, Colombia. The language appears in the modern name of the pre-Columbian settlement and last ruler Tundama; Duitama.
Description
The language is only known from one fragment analysed by scholar Ezequiel Uricoechea in 1871. The linguist mentioned that the analysed text was part of a larger work that hitherto has not been found. From the short text it was clear that the Duit language differed slightly from the main version of Chibcha, Muysccubun, spoken by the Muisca on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense.
As the Muisca did not have a script, only for their numerals, written Duit language texts do not exist.
References
Duit language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA