Chibchan
Americannoun
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Chibchan
Example Sentences
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But the second group was related genetically to the ancestors of Chibchan speakers living farther south.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2022
That scenario could explain why one early Maya language incorporates a Chibchan word for maize, says linguist and co-author David Mora-Marín of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 22, 2022
This migration of people, who are most closely related to present-day speakers of the Chibchan languages, contributed more than 50 percent of the ancestry of Mayan-speaking peoples today.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2022
“It’s clearly a major movement into the Maya region of people related to Chibchan speakers,” Reich says.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 22, 2022
David Mora-Marín, a linguistic anthropologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an author on the paper, conducted an analysis of early Chibchan and Mayan languages.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2022
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