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Some of the most important languages were Quechua, Aymara, Puquina and Mochica, respectively mainly spoken in the Central Andes, the Altiplano or , the south coast , and the area of the north coast (Chinchaysuyu) around Chan Chan, today Trujillo.
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.
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May 11, 2024 · Quechua, South American Indians living in the Andean highlands from Ecuador to Bolivia. 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.
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Map showing the current distribution of the Quechuan languages (solid gray) and the historical extent of the Inca Empire (shaded)
Sep 15, 2014 · Spreading across ancient Ecuador, Peru, northern Chile, Bolivia, upland Argentina, and southern Colombia and stretching 5,500 km (3,400 miles) north to south, 40,000 Incas governed a huge territory with some 10 million subjects speaking over 30 different languages. Inca Empire - Expansion and Roads.
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Quechua is an Amerind language with about 8 million native speakers who live primarily in the Andes mountains of Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Argentina. It was the official language of the Inca Empire, who used a system of knotted strings known as quipu to send messages.
Language Map of the Andes Quechua-Aymara Map: Peru Linguistic Map: Maps showing the areas in South America where Quechua is spoken. Peru Linguistic Map Tribes and Languages of Peru :
