Runasimi

E22648

American language Andean language Quechuan language indigenous language native language of the Americas

Runasimi is the Indigenous Quechuan language family of the Andes, historically associated with the Inca Empire and still widely spoken across several South American countries.

Aliases (2)

Runa Simi ×3
Runa Shimi ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American language → Andean language → Quechuan language → indigenous language → native language of the Americas →
borrowedFrom	Spanish language →
ethnolinguisticGroup	Quechua peoples →
hasStandardizedOrthography	yes →
historicalAssociation	Inca Empire →
historicalRole	administrative language of the Inca Empire → ceremonial language in Andean cultures →
languageBranch	Quechua I → Quechua II →
languageCodeISO639-1	qu →
languageCodeISO639-2	que →
languageCodeISO639-5	qwe →
languageFamily	Quechuan languages →
lexicalInfluenceOn	Andean Spanish →
literalMeaning	language of the people →
majorVariety	Central Quechua → Northern Quechua → Southern Quechua →
morphology	suffixing morphology →
nativeName	Runa Shimi → Runa Simi →
phonologicalFeature	three-vowel system in many dialects →
recognizedBy	Bolivian Constitution → Ecuadorian Constitution → Peruvian Constitution →
region	Andes → South America →
spokenIn	Argentina → Bolivia → Brazil → Chile → Colombia → Ecuador → Peru →
statusInBolivia	official language →
statusInEcuador	official language →
statusInPeru	official language →
subfamilyOf	Quechuan language family →
typology	agglutinative language →
usedAs	lingua franca in the Andes →
usedIn	contemporary Andean music → local radio broadcasting in the Andes → traditional Andean oral literature →
wordOrder	SOV →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Quechua → Quechua ("Runa Simi") →	alternativeName
Runasimi ("Runa Simi") → Runasimi ("Runa Shimi") →	nativeName
Runashimi ("Runa Simi") →	alternateName