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Muisca numerals were the numeric notation system used by the Muisca, one of the civilizations of the Americas before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca. Just like the Mayas, the Muisca had a vigesimal numerical system, based on multiples of twenty (Chibcha: gueta). 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. To calculate higher numbers than 20 they used multiples of their 'perfect' number; gue-muyhica would be "20 times 4", so 80. To describe "50" they used "20 times 2 plus 10"; gue-bosa asaqui ubchihica, transcribed from guêboʒhas aſaqɣ hubchì

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  • La numeración muisca refiere a un sistema descrito por el Padre José Domingo Duquesne (1748-1821), sacerdote bogotano quien por alrededor de treinta años fue párroco de los pueblos indígenas Lenguazaque y Gachancipá, ubicados en el Altiplano Cundiboyacense del centro de Colombia. En sus escritos el sacerdote afirma que los Muiscas conocieron guarismos para representar las cantidades numéricas y presenta un conjunto de símbolos gráficos representando dichos guarismos. Esta afirmación ha sido criticada por la corriente académica, que considera que la Cultura Muisca no desarrolló un sistema de escritura, a diferencia de otras culturas de América, como la Maya (es)
  • Muisca numerals were the numeric notation system used by the Muisca, one of the civilizations of the Americas before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca. Just like the Mayas, the Muisca had a vigesimal numerical system, based on multiples of twenty (Chibcha: gueta). 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. To calculate higher numbers than 20 they used multiples of their 'perfect' number; gue-muyhica would be "20 times 4", so 80. To describe "50" they used "20 times 2 plus 10"; gue-bosa asaqui ubchihica, transcribed from guêboʒhas aſaqɣ hubchìhicâ. In their calendar, which was lunisolar, they only counted from one to ten and twenty. Each number had a special meaning, related to their deities and certain animals, especially the abundant toads. For the representation of their numbers they used digits inspired by their natural surroundings, especially toads; ata ("one") and aca ("nine") were both derived from the animals so abundant on the Bogotá savanna and other parts of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense where the Muisca lived in their confederation. The most important scholars who provided knowledge about the Muisca numerals were Bernardo de Lugo (1619), Pedro Simón (17th century), Alexander von Humboldt and José Domingo Duquesne (late 18th and 19th century) and Liborio Zerda. (en)
  • Математика муїсків — система математичних знань, які мали чибча-муїски в доколоніальний період. У них існувала 20-тична система (вігесімал), аналогічна багатьом системам Америки. Вона мала суто практичне застосування: про розподілу землі, проведенні доріг, мостів, частіше застосовувалася в торговельних операціях, при розрахунку кандаря. (uk)
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  • La numeración muisca refiere a un sistema descrito por el Padre José Domingo Duquesne (1748-1821), sacerdote bogotano quien por alrededor de treinta años fue párroco de los pueblos indígenas Lenguazaque y Gachancipá, ubicados en el Altiplano Cundiboyacense del centro de Colombia. En sus escritos el sacerdote afirma que los Muiscas conocieron guarismos para representar las cantidades numéricas y presenta un conjunto de símbolos gráficos representando dichos guarismos. Esta afirmación ha sido criticada por la corriente académica, que considera que la Cultura Muisca no desarrolló un sistema de escritura, a diferencia de otras culturas de América, como la Maya (es)
  • Математика муїсків — система математичних знань, які мали чибча-муїски в доколоніальний період. У них існувала 20-тична система (вігесімал), аналогічна багатьом системам Америки. Вона мала суто практичне застосування: про розподілу землі, проведенні доріг, мостів, частіше застосовувалася в торговельних операціях, при розрахунку кандаря. (uk)
  • Muisca numerals were the numeric notation system used by the Muisca, one of the civilizations of the Americas before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca. Just like the Mayas, the Muisca had a vigesimal numerical system, based on multiples of twenty (Chibcha: gueta). 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. To calculate higher numbers than 20 they used multiples of their 'perfect' number; gue-muyhica would be "20 times 4", so 80. To describe "50" they used "20 times 2 plus 10"; gue-bosa asaqui ubchihica, transcribed from guêboʒhas aſaqɣ hubchì (en)
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  • Muisca numerals (en)
  • Математика муїсків (uk)
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