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About Quechua (Cuzco)

Quechua, once the official language of the Inca Empire, is a diverse family of Indigenous languages spoken throughout the Andes in South America. Its origins go back a thousand years before the Incas, to the Wari Empire. Today, around seven million people speak some variety of Quechua. It is the main indigenous language in highland Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador, and is also spoken by smaller communities in parts of Colombia and Argentina. These regional varieties are not all mutually intelligible. uTalk recorded native speakers from Cuzco with support from Peru’s Radio RPP, PUCP University, and the Ministry of Education. While there are some differences, this variety is generally well understood across southern Peru and in Bolivia.

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Planet Earth
Waar wordt het gesproken?

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People Talking
Aantal sprekers

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Family Tree
Taalfamilie

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Pretfeiten — Quechua

  • The Coca-Cola brand owes the “coca” in its name to the Quechua word kuka, which refers to the leaves of an indigenous plant historically used in Coca-Cola production.
  • The famous ruined Inca citadel Machu Pikchu was named for its mountain-side setting: the words literally mean “Old Peak” in Quechua.
  • In traditional beliefs in the Andes, the landscape is sacred, from the apu (mountain gods) to inti-killa (the sun and moon) and Pacha Mama (mother earth).
  • Traditional Andean principles include the concept of minkʼa, when a whole village works together on a shared task, and ayni, where people call on each other for help with work and are duty-bound to return the favour.
  • Quechua words now used in other languages worldwide include the names of Andean wildlife such as llama, puma and kuntur (condor).

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