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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All labels observed (34)

Label	Occurrences
Quechua canonical	277
Southern Quechua	10
Central Quechua	6
Northern Quechua	6
Quechua language	6
Quechua II	4
Quechua I	3
Quechua II languages	3
Quechua languages	3
Quichua	3
Ancash Quechua	2
Ayacucho Quechua	2
Colonial Quechua	2
Cusco Quechua	2
Imbabura Quechua	2
Quechuan languages	2
Bolivian Quechua	1
Cajamarca Quechua	1
Chachapoyas Quechua	1
Cuzco Quechua	1
Ecuadorian Kichwa	1
Ecuadorian Quechua	1
Huallaga Quechua	1
Huanca Quechua	1
Lambayeque Quechua	1
Proto-Quechua	1
Quechua (Chile)	1
Quechua (Inca)	1
Quechua (historically)	1
Quechua (likely)	1
San Martín Quechua	1
Santiago del Estero Quechua	1
Southern Quechua language	1
Yaru Quechua	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 (351)

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

Andes → languageRegion → Quechua ⓘ

South America → hasMajorLanguage → Quechua ⓘ

Peru → officialLanguage → Quechua ⓘ

Quechua → languageFamily → Quechua self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quechuan languages

Quechua → languageBranch → Quechua self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quechua I

Quechua → languageBranch → Quechua self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quechua II

Quechua → subgroup → Quechua self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Quechua

Quechua → subgroup → Quechua self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Quechua

Quechua → subgroup → Quechua self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern 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

Bolivia → officialLanguage → Quechua ⓘ

Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire → languageOfSources → Quechua ⓘ

Aymara → notGeneticallyRelatedTo → Quechua ⓘ

Kichwa → languageFamily → Quechua ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quechuan languages

Kichwa → alternativeName → Quechua ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quichua

Kichwa → alternativeName → Quechua ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ecuadorian Quechua

Kichwa → closelyRelatedTo → Quechua ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Quechua

Kichwa → closelyRelatedTo → Quechua ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quechua II languages

Latin America → hasIndigenousLanguage → Quechua ⓘ

Chimborazo → hasIndigenousNameOrigin → Quechua ⓘ

Sacred Valley → languageRegion → Quechua ⓘ

Lake Titicaca → culturalRegion → Quechua ⓘ

Inca Empire → commonLanguage → Quechua ⓘ

Altiplano plateau → languageRegion → Quechua ⓘ

Google Translate → availableLanguage → Quechua ⓘ

Rímac River → hasNameEtymology → Quechua ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quechua language

Voice of the Xtabay → language → Quechua ⓘ

Legend of the Sun Virgin → language → Quechua ⓘ

Inca Taqui → language → Quechua ⓘ

Cusco → recognizedLanguage → Quechua ⓘ

Arequipa → regionalLanguage → Quechua ⓘ

Runasimi → majorVariety → Quechua ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Quechua

Runasimi → majorVariety → Quechua ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Quechua

Runasimi → majorVariety → Quechua ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Quechua

Runasimi → languageBranch → Quechua ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quechua I

Runasimi → languageBranch → Quechua ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quechua II

Iquitos → regionalLanguages → Quechua ⓘ

Andean civilization → usedLanguage → Quechua ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quechua languages

Potosí → hasOfficialLanguage → Quechua ⓘ

Pampas → languageOrigin → Quechua ⓘ

Plurinational Legislative Assembly → languageOfWorkOrName → Quechua ⓘ

Atahualpa → nativeLanguage → Quechua ⓘ

Atahualpa → languageSpoken → Quechua ⓘ

Manco Inca Yupanqui → language → Quechua ⓘ

Bolivian Spanish → influencedBy → Quechua ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quechua language

Siege of Vilcabamba → languageOfPrimarySources → Quechua ⓘ

Jaqaru → hasNeighborLanguage → Quechua ⓘ