Chimila language
| Chimila | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Colombia |
| Ethnicity | 1,500 (2009)[1] |
Native speakers | 350 (2009)[1] |
Chibchan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cbg |
| Glottolog | chim1309 |
| ELP | Chimila |
Chimila (Shimizya) is a Chibchan language of Colombia, spoken by the Chimila people. At one time Chimila was grouped with the Malibu languages,[2] but then Chimila became classified as a Chibchan language.
Julian Steward, in the 1950 Handbook of South American Indians, reports a communication from Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff that he considered Chimila to be one of the Arawakan languages, and would thus be expected to be like Tairona, one of the Chibchan languages.[3]
Chimila-derived names[]
"Cesar", the name of both the Cesar River and the Cesar Department, is an adaptation from the Chimila word Chet-tzar or Zazare ("calm water") into Spanish.[4]
Guatapurí derives from the Chimila for "cold water", and provides the name of the Guatapurí River.[5]
References[]
- ^ a b Chimila at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian Languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center. pp. 244–5.
- ^ Steward, Julian Haynes (1950). Handbook of South American Indians: Physical anthropology, linguistics and cultural geography of South American Indians. Handbook of South American Indians, United States. Vol. 6. Interdepartmental Committee on Scientific and Cultural Cooperation. pp. 187–88.
- ^ LABLAA - Luis Galvis: Don Gonzalo (in Spanish)
- ^ (in Spanish) Marcos Fidel Vega Seña (2005), Vallenato: Cultura y sentimiento, U. Cooperativa de Colombia. p14.
Categories:
- Languages of Colombia
- Chibchan languages
- Indigenous languages of the Americas stubs