The Chimilas or Ette Ennaka[1] are an Indigenous people in the Andes of north-eastern Colombia. Their Chimila language is part of the Chibcha language family, of which there were estimated to be around 1000 speakers in 1998.[1] At the time of the Spanish Conquest the Ariguaní River valley was the strategic centre of their territory.[1] On the Serranía del Perijá mountains the Yukpas were also part of the Chimila confederation of tribes.[2]
- ^ a b c Willem F. H. Adelaar, Pieter Muysken (2004), The Languages of the Andes. Cambridge University Press p75
- ^ (in Spanish) Gutierrez Hinojosa, Tomas Dario (2000), Valledupa: Musica de una Historia, Bogotá: Editorial Grijalbo, ISBN 958-639-175-2, p106