/ we are good - goodbye! Alphabet and rough pronunciation The muysccubun alphabet consists of around 20 letters. The Muisca didn't have an "L" in their language. The letters are pronounced more or less as follows: a - as in Spanish "casa"; ka - "enclosure" or "fence" e - as in "action"; izhe - "street" i - open "i" as in "'inca" - sié - "water" or "river" o - short "o" as in "box" - to - "dog" u - "ou" as in "you" - uba - "face" y - between "i" and "e"; "a" in action - ty - "singing" b - as in "bed", or as in Spanish "haba"; - bohozhá - "with" between the vowels "y" it is pronounced [βw] - kyby - "to sleep" ch - "sh" as in "shine", but with the tongue pushed backwards - chuta - "son" or "daughter" f - between a "b" and "w" using both lips without producing sound, a short whistle - foï - "mantle" before a "y" it's pronounced [ɸw] - fyzha - "everything" g - "gh" as in "good", or as in Spanish "abogado"; - gata - "fire" h - as in "hello" - huïá - "inwards" ï - "i-e" as in Beelzebub - ïe - "road" or "prayer" k - "c" as in "cold" - kony - "wheel" m - "m" as in "man" - mika - "three" before "y" it's pronounced [mw], as in "Muisca" - myska - "person" or "people" in first position before a consonant it's pronounced [im] - mpkwaká - "thanks to" n - "n" as in "nice" - nyky - "brother" or "sister" in first position followed by a consonant it's pronounced [in] - ngá - "and" p - "p" as in "people" - paba - "father" before "y" it's pronounced [pw] as in Spanish "puente" - - "heart" s - "s" as in "sorry" - sahawá - "husband" before "i" changes a little to "sh"; [ʃ] - sié - "water" or "river" t - "t" as in "text" - yta - "hand" w - "w" as in "wow!" - we - "house" zh - as in "chorizo", but with the tongue to the back - zhysky - "head" The accentuation of the words is like in Spanish on the second-last syllable except when an accent is shown: Bacata is Ba-CA-ta and Bacatá is Ba-ca-TA. In case of repetition of