Quechua

E3862

Andean language indigenous language language family

Quechua is an indigenous language family of the central Andes, historically associated with the Inca Empire and still widely spoken across several South American countries.

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Observed surface forms (17)

Surface form	Occurrences
Northern Quechua	4
Southern Quechua	4
Central Quechua	3
Quechua II	3
Quechua language	3
Colonial Quechua	2
Quechua I	2
Quechua II languages	2
Quechuan languages	2
Quichua	2
Ancash Quechua	1
Ayacucho Quechua	1
Cusco Quechua	1
Ecuadorian Kichwa	1
Ecuadorian Quechua	1
Imbabura Quechua	1
Quechua languages	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Andean language ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ language family ⓘ
alternativeName	Runasimi ⓘ surface form: Runa Simi Runasimi ⓘ
culturalRegion	Andean civilization ⓘ
estimatedSpeakers	over 7 million ⓘ
geographicRegion	Andes ⓘ Andes ⓘ surface form: Central Andes
hasDialect	Quechua self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ancash Quechua Quechua self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ayacucho Quechua Bolivian Quechua ⓘ Quechua self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cusco Quechua Quechua self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Imbabura Quechua Kichwa ⓘ
hasFeature	evidentiality ⓘ inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural ⓘ suffixing morphology ⓘ three-vowel system ⓘ
hasLoanwordsIn	Spanish ⓘ
historicallyAssociatedWith	Inca Empire ⓘ
influencedLanguage	Spanish in the Andes ⓘ
iso639-2Code	que ⓘ
iso639-5Code	que ⓘ
languageBranch	Quechua self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Quechua I Quechua self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Quechua II
languageFamily	Quechua self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Quechuan languages Quechumaran (proposed) ⓘ
languageFamilyCode	qwe ⓘ
languageStatus	official language in Bolivia ⓘ official language in Peru ⓘ recognized language in Ecuador ⓘ
morphologicalType	agglutinative language ⓘ
primaryWordOrder	SOV ⓘ
spokenIn	Argentina ⓘ Bolivia ⓘ Brazil ⓘ Chile ⓘ Colombia ⓘ Ecuador ⓘ Peru ⓘ
subgroup	Quechua self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Central Quechua Quechua self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Northern Quechua Quechua self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Southern Quechua
usedAs	lingua franca of the Inca Empire ⓘ
usedIn	Andean oral literature ⓘ Andean ritual practices ⓘ traditional Andean music ⓘ
writingDirection	left-to-right ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (120)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Antisuyu → administrativeLanguage → Quechua ⓘ

Runashimi → alternateName → Quechua ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quichua

Kichwa → alternativeName → Quechua ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quichua

Kichwa → alternativeName → Quechua ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ecuadorian Quechua

Google Translate → availableLanguage → Quechua ⓘ

Kichwa → closelyRelatedTo → Quechua ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Quechua

Kichwa → closelyRelatedTo → Quechua ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quechua II languages

Inca Empire → commonLanguage → Quechua ⓘ

Lake Titicaca → culturalRegion → Quechua ⓘ

Isla de la Luna → culture → Quechua ⓘ

Topa Inca Yupanqui → culture → Quechua ⓘ

Manco Cápac → ethnicGroup → Quechua ⓘ

Quechua people → ethnicity → Quechua ⓘ

Otavalo Kichwa → hasAncestor → Quechua ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colonial Quechua

Salasaca Kichwa → hasAncestor → Quechua ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colonial Quechua

Quechua → hasDialect → Quechua self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cusco Quechua

Quechua → hasDialect → Quechua self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ayacucho Quechua

Quechua → hasDialect → Quechua self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancash Quechua

Quechua → hasDialect → Quechua self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imbabura Quechua

Latin America → hasIndigenousLanguage → Quechua ⓘ

Chimborazo → hasIndigenousNameOrigin → Quechua ⓘ

Reserva Paisajística Nor Yauyos-Cochas → hasIndigenousPeople → Quechua ⓘ

World War I poetry → hasLanguage → Quechua ⓘ

South America → hasMajorLanguage → Quechua ⓘ

Rímac River → hasNameEtymology → Quechua ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quechua language

Jaqaru → hasNeighborLanguage → Quechua ⓘ

Potosí → hasOfficialLanguage → Quechua ⓘ

Ancash Region → hasRecognizedLanguage → Quechua ⓘ

Huancavelica Region → hasRecognizedLanguage → Quechua ⓘ

Puno Region → hasRecognizedLanguage → Quechua ⓘ

Central Coast of Peru → indigenousLanguagePresence → Quechua ⓘ

Cochabamba → indigenousLanguagePresence → Quechua ⓘ

Sucre → indigenousLanguages → Quechua ⓘ

Upper Peru → indigenousPeoples → Quechua ⓘ

Bolivian Spanish → influencedBy → Quechua ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quechua language

Huayna Capac → language → Quechua ⓘ

Inca Taqui → language → Quechua ⓘ

Junín Region → language → Quechua ⓘ

Legend of the Sun Virgin → language → Quechua ⓘ

Manco Cápac → language → Quechua ⓘ

Manco Inca Yupanqui → language → Quechua ⓘ

Inca emperor Pachacuti → language → Quechua ⓘ

subject surface form: Pachacuti

Quechua people → language → Quechua ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quechua language

Voice of the Xtabay → language → Quechua ⓘ

Imbabura Kichwa → languageBranch → Quechua ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Quechua

Quechua → languageBranch → Quechua self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quechua I

Quechua → languageBranch → Quechua self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quechua II

Runasimi → languageBranch → Quechua ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quechua I

Runasimi → languageBranch → Quechua ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quechua II

Viracocha → languageContext → Quechua ⓘ