page_title: Timoto–Cuica people
hierarchical_section_title: Timoto–Cuica people
caption_attribution_description: English: Timote-cuica languages: kuika dialects (dark green), timote-mukú (celar green)[Black spots are toponyms in muku-]. Source: P. Rivet (1927): "La famille linguistique Timote (Venezuela)", International Journal of American Linguistics, Vol. 4, No. 2/4 (Jan., 1927), pp. 137-167.
context_page_description: Timoto–Cuica people were an indigenous group composed primarily of two tribes, the Timote and the Cuica, that inhabited in the Andean region of western Venezuela. They were closely related to the Muisca of the Andes, who spoke Muysccubun, a version of Chibcha. The Timoto-Cuicas were not only composed of the Timoto and the Cuica tribes, but also the Mucuchíes, the Migures, the Tabayes, and the Mucuñuques.
context_section_description: Timoto–Cuica people were an indigenous group composed primarily of two tribes, the Timote and the Cuica, that inhabited in the Andean region of western Venezuela. They were closely related to the Muisca of the Andes, who spoke Muysccubun, a version of Chibcha. The Timoto-Cuicas were not only composed of the Timoto and the Cuica tribes, but also the Mucuchíes, the Migures, the Tabayes, and the Mucuñuques.
caption: Timoto and Cuica toponyms
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