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The majority of Colombians speak Spanish (see also Colombian Spanish), but in total 90 languages are listed for Colombia in the Ethnologue database. The specific number of spoken languages varies slightly since some authors consider as different languages what others consider to be varieties or dialects of the same language.
In Colombia, the ruana is the characteristic and traditional garment of the department of Boyacá, initially made by indigenous and mestizo people, although it is also made in the departments of Cundinamarca, Antioquia, Nariño, Bogotá, Santander (Colombia), Norte de Santander and Caldas.
Kogi men and women alike have simple modes of dress. Women pick, card, and spin wool and cotton; men weave it into cloth. Men's clothing consists of a tunic and simple pants tied with a string at the waist. Women's clothing consists of a single length of cloth wrapped around their bodies as a dress. The Kogi all wear only pure white clothing.
The native language of the Wiwa people is Dʉmʉna, also known as Malayo, Wiwa, or Guamaka; [4] It belongs to the Chibchan language family and is spoken by more than one thousand people. According to the Colombian Ministry of Culture, 60% of the Wiwa people spoke Dʉmʉna well in 2010. [3] The Wiwa language has 7 vowel phonemes and 19 consonant ...
The Muisca (also called the Chibcha) are an Indigenous people and culture of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense of Colombia, that formed the Muisca Confederation before the Spanish invasion. The people speak Muysccubun, a language of the Chibchan language family, also called Muysca and Mosca. [2]
In the Pre-Columbian era, the total population of Colombia was estimated to be around 6 million people. [10] [11] However, after Spanish conquest, the population of Colombia was lowered to only 750 thousand people, in which native peoples made up 80% of the population at 600 thousand people. [12]
The Mola or Molas is a hand-made textile that forms part of the traditional women's clothing of the indigenous Guna people from Panama and Colombia. Their clothing includes a patterned wrapped skirt (saburet), a red and yellow headscarf (musue), arm and leg beads (wini), a gold nose ring (olasu) and earrings in addition to the mola blouse ...
Full Indigenous peoples of Colombia are estimated to be around 4-10% of the country’s population, [4] [5] [6] however most still hold on to indigenous traditions and folklore. Indigenous influences in Colombian culture include cuisine, music, architecture, language, folklore, clothing, etymology, and artisan crafts.