Name: _________________________ date: __________

Teacher:_______________________

FIRST INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES

Achievement: I identify AND learn the characteristics of linguistic
communities.

To basic activities
1. I make the following word search

INDIGENO
AN
US
TO W Yo N d Yo g D N TO
TAIRONA

K R d M N b M g c TO ARAWAK
AN CHIBCHA
J. D TO J. l Ñ OR h AND N CARIBBEA
EIT EIT N TRIBE
N TO h W x x Yo HER b HER

l d Z Yes TO F Yes OR Yo R
AN
T R Yo b OR K c D R Yo

l N M Q T Ñ TO R TO TO

x Yes TO h c b Yo h c T
 2. I write the following text in my notebook

CHIBCHA
They are an indigenous group of Central American origin that spread throughout the
territories of the current Republic of Colombia. When the Spanish arrived in the
current Colombian territory, the most advanced indigenous people were the Chibcha or
Muisca Culture of the Cundiboyacense Altiplano. It is considered that this town
reached the most important degree of cultural development among the aborigines of
Northern South America.

Tribes and Place of Habitat:

ARHUACOS: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
TAIRONAS: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
MUISCAS: Central Andean Region
TUNEBOS: Casanare
ANDAQUIES: Caquetá
PASTOS and QUILLACINGAS: South of the Country
GUAMBIANOS and PAECES: Cauca

CARIBBEAN

They sought to live in the low and hot lands such as the coasts and the valleys of the
Magdalena, Cauca, Atrato and Sinú rivers. This family was very large, it was grouped in
independent territories. They were not unified into a state but rather disintegrated
into smaller groups, with different social organization, different religion and customs.

Tribe and Place of Habitat:

TURBACOS, CALAMARES, SINÚES: Atlantic Coast
QUIMBAYAS: Central Mountain Range
PIJAOS: Tolima, Antiguo Caldas
MUZOS AND PANCHES: Lands of Santander, Boyacá and Cundinamarca
CALIMAS: Valle del Cauca
MOTILONES: Norte de Santander
CHOCOES: Pacific Coast

ARAWAK
The Arawak took the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta as their seat. According to
modern research, they initially lived on the coastal plains of Colombia and Venezuela,
with which they lost their linguistic unity and adopted diverse dialects.
Some tribes of the Arawak family exist today. Of these, the best known is that of
the Guajiros, who still preserve their racial type and customs pure.

Tribe and Place of Habitat: GUAHÍBOS: Eastern Plains WAYUS OR GUAJIROS:

Guajira PIAPOCOS: Bajo Guaviare TICUNAS: Amazonas

B. PRACTICE ACTIVITIES

1. Write on the line to which language family you belong.

TAIRONAS WAYU

MOTILONS
1. I cut out and paste the following sketch in my notebook and identify the
linguistic families (Chibcha, Caribbean and Arawak)
C application activities
1. I make a list of the other language families in Colombia.
2. I choose one of them and make a brief summary of its characteristics and a
drawing