Quimbaya language
Language of Colombia
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Quimbaya (Kimbaya) is a poorly attested, extinct language of Colombia. It was spoken by the Quimbaya.[1] Only 10 words can be possibly attributed to Quimbaya.[2][3] This is insufficient to establish Quimbaya as a distinct language.
| Quimbaya | |
|---|---|
| Kimbaya | |
| Native to | Colombia |
| Ethnicity | Quimbaya |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
unclassified (Chocoan?) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cca Cauca (retired) |
qge | |
| Glottolog | cauc1241 Cauca (retired) |
| Linguasphere | 81-EIA-ade |
Map of the Quimbaya language | |
Vocabulary
A few words of the Quimbaya language were recorded in Adolf Bastian's Die Culturländer des alten America, which are presented below.[4]: 243, note 1 [5] Adelaar and Muysken (2004) speculate about the possibility of the wordlist being from Chocoan-speaking immigrants to the area.
| Gloss | Quimbaya |
|---|---|
| egg | terre |
| hen | terremu |
| rooster | termujina |
| toucan | mungua-puluma |
| deer | vigi |
| dogwood | carmaná |
| how are you | chiri valicha |
| come here | huachi minangi |
