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May 11, 2024 · They speak many regional varieties of Quechua, which was the language of the Inca empire (though it predates the Inca) and which later became the lingua franca of the Spanish and Indians throughout the Andes.
The Incas used one word “ taqui ” to describe dance, music and singing, though this word in Quechua means “song”. They did not differentiate among the three, they were strictly interconnected. Their music was pentatonic, based in the combination of five notes: re, fa, sol, la and do.
Original chants and melodies come from the general area inhabited by Quechuas (originally from Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile ), Aymaras (originally from Bolivia ), and other peoples who lived roughly in the area of the Inca Empire prior to European contact. This early music then was fused with music elements.
Yes, the Incas spoke Quechua, and yes, they spoke a form of Quechua very similar to modern Cuzco Quechua. But no, the Incas did not speak the Original Quechua, and they only took their particular form of Quechua to a few of the regions in the Andes where it was spoken today.
The characteristic music of the central Andes is called huayno. The Incas used a single word– “taqui”– to describe dance, music and singing, though this word in the Quechuan language means “song”. Theses three activities were interconnected, never separated.
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Approximately 13.9% (3.7 million) of Peruvians speak a Quechua language. Although Quechua began expanding many centuries before the Incas, that previous expansion also meant that it was the primary language family within the Inca Empire. The Spanish also tolerated its use until the Peruvian struggle for independence in the 1780s.
Quechuan languages, the languages of the former Inca Empire in South America and the principal native languages of the central Andes today. According to archaeological and historical evidence, the original languages were probably spoken in a small area in the southern Peruvian highlands until about.
