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The Muisca numerals were based on counting with fingers and toes. They had specific numbers from one to ten, yet for the numbers between eleven and nineteen they used "foot one" (11) to "foot nine" (19). The number 20 was the 'perfect' number for the Muisca which is visible in their calendar.
The Muisca calendar was a lunisolar calendar used by the Muisca. The calendar was composed of a complex combination of months and three types of years were used; rural years (according to Pedro Simón, Chibcha : chocan ), [ 1 ] holy years (Duquesne, Spanish: acrótomo ), [ 2 ] and common years (Duquesne, Chibcha: zocam ). [ 3 ]
Muisca numerals (1-10 and 20) in the Muisca script Fray Bernardo de Lugo (born late 16th century, New Kingdom of Granada ) was a Spanish Neogranadine linguist , friar and writer. He has been an important contributor to the knowledge about the Chibcha language (also called "Muisca" or in its own language "Muysccubun") of the Muisca , having ...
Subgroupings of the Muisca were identified chiefly by their allegiances to three great rulers: the hoa, centered in Hunza, ruling a territory roughly covering modern southern and northeastern Boyacá and southern Santander; the psihipqua, centered in Muyquytá and encompassing most of modern Cundinamarca, the western Llanos; and the iraca, religious ruler of Suamox and modern northeastern ...
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Pages in category "Numerals" The following 88 pages are in this category, out of 88 total. ... Muisca numerals; Multiplier (linguistics) N. Names of large numbers;
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Pictographs in Sáchica, studied by Miguel Triana The Muisca script, that consisted of only numbers, was studied by Triana Miguel Triana was born on 26 November 1859 in the Granadine Confederation capital Bogotá as son of general Domingo de San Vicente y de los Santos Triana Loboguerrero and Dolores (or Clotilde) Ruiz de Cote.