Definition of Chibchan in English:
Chibchan
noun ˈtʃɪbtʃ(ə)nˈCHibCHən
mass nounA language family of Colombia and Central America, most members of which are now extinct or nearly so.
Example sentencesExamples
- Both the Sumu and Miskito languages are derived from the Chibchan Indian language family of South America.
- Some Chibchan languages still survive in Colombia and Central America.
- The peoples who lived in the area where the balls are found were Chibchan speakers.
- Some of these families, such as Uto-Aztecan, overlap into North America, and others, such as Chibchan and Maipurean, extend from South America into Middle America.
- Here is the subtree for Chibchan.
- The language of the Cunas belongs to the Chibchan group of languages.
adjectiveˈtʃɪbtʃ(ə)nˈCHibCHən