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Language code: chb

Technical information about ISO 639 language code chb

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The table below provides technical details for the Chibcha language, designated by the chb code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

chb

Name

Chibcha

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Bogotá (Southern) dialectTunja (Northern) dialect
Related languages
U'wa (Tunebo)Arhuaco (Ika)KunaGuaymi (Ngäbere)
Key facts
Chibcha (Muysccubun) became extinct in everyday use during the 18th centuryits numeral system was vigesimal and is preserved in colonial‐era manuscriptsmany Colombian place-names such as Bogotá and Zipaquirá come directly from Chibchathe language is agglutinative, relying heavily on suffixes to mark case, number and tenserevival efforts today draw on colonial dictionaries compiled by missionaries like Fray Bernardo de Lugo.
Sample phrase

Chɨkɨ, ga quihikʉa?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

The Chibcha language, identified by the code chb, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Extinct' by its type.

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