Duit is an extinct Chibcha language formerly spoken by the Muisca of present-day Boyacá, Colombia. The language appears in the modern name of the pre-Columbian settlement and last ruler Tundama; Duitama. Biography Cacique Tundama - Pueblos Originarios
Description The language is only known from one fragment analysed by scholar Ezequiel Uricoechea in 1871. The linguist mentioned that the analysed text was part of a larger work that hitherto has not been found. From the short text it was clear that the Duit language differed slightly from the main version of Chibcha, Muysccubun, spoken by the Muisca on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense.
As the Muisca did not have a script, only for their numerals, written Duit language texts do not exist.Izquierdo Peña, 2009
Comparison to Muisca and numerals English Duit Muisca Numerals as noted by Acosta, Humboldt and Zerda one atia ata two bocha bosa three meia mica Sun sa súa Moon tia chía star cúrcha fagua fagua - Muysccubun online dictionary Territory coga quyca
See also Comparison of Muysccubun with other Chibchan languages
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