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Quechua, along with Aymara and minor indigenous languages, remains essentially a spoken language . In recent years, Quechua has been introduced in intercultural bilingual education (IBE) in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador. Even in these areas, the governments are reaching only a part of the Quechua-speaking populations.
Sep 6, 2021 · The name Quechua, which some academics think means “temperate valley,” alludes to the ethnic group that lived in the high basin of the Río Pampas in Apurimac, considered to be the original speakers of this language and key to its spread.
- Adriana Jiménez
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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Did you know Quechua (also known as Kichwa, Runa Simi, or Runa Shimi) is actually a family of closely-related languages rather than a single language? About 8-10 million people speak Quechua, mostly in the Andean highlands of Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, and neighboring countries.
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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Quechuan languages are spoken in mainly in Peru, and also in Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia and Argentina. They belong to the Quechuan language family, and have a total of about 7.7. million speakers.
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.
