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Type Words
Synonyms kechua
Type of south american
Has types inca, incan, inka
Derivation quechuan
Type Words
Synonyms kechua, kechuan, quechuan, quechuan language
Type of american-indian language, american indian, indian, amerindian language, amerind
Derivation quechuan
Type Words
Synonyms kechua

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Quechua was made the official language and sun worship the official religion.
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Quechua has been written using the Roman alphabet since the Spanish conquest of Peru.
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Quechua is spoken by some in the north west and has a local variant in Santiago del Estero.
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Quechua arrived at Cuzco and was influenced by languages like Aymara.
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Quechua has officially remained a provincial language since 1979.
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Quechua people in traditional dress in the Andes foothills.
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Quechua and Spanish are now heavily intermixed, with many hundreds of Spanish loanwords in Quechua.
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Quechua has also had a profound impact on other native languages of the Americas, for example Mapudungun.
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Quechua I or Waywash is spoken in Peru's central highlands.
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  • A member of a South American Indian people in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Inca empire
  • The language of the Quechua which was spoken by the Incas
  • Quechua is a Native American language family or macrolanguage spoken primarily in the Andes of South America, derived from an original common ancestor language, Proto-Quechua. ...
  • Quechua is a mountain sports brand. The brand was founded in 1997 in Domancy, France. Quechua produces Hiking, Trail running, Adventure racing, Climbing and Mountaineering apparel and equipment. It employs about 150 persons. ...
  • Quechua is one of the eight Natural Regions of Peru and is between 2,300 and 3,500 m above sea level. It is composed of big valleys divided by rivers fed by estival rains.
  • Quechuas is the collective term for several ethnic groups in South America who speak a Quechua language (Southern Quechua mainly), belonging to several ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina.
  • Inca language spoken in Peru, Bolivia, northwestern Argentina, northern Chile, and in Ecuador and southern Colombia
  • (n) From Quechua word kkechuwa. The language is now often called Runasimi.
  • A group of Indian peoples of Central Peru. Original founders of the Incan civilization. Today, the Quechuan people are the primary shepherds of alpaca in the Altiplano.