Quechua

E3862

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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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

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

Sucre indigenousLanguages Quechua
La Paz recognizedLanguage Quechua
Imbabura Kichwa subclassOf Quechua
this entity surface form: Ecuadorian Kichwa
Imbabura Kichwa languageBranch Quechua
this entity surface form: Northern Quechua
Runashimi alternateName Quechua
this entity surface form: Quichua
Runashimi subfamilyOf Quechua
this entity surface form: Quechua II
Runashimi subfamilyOf Quechua
this entity surface form: Northern Quechua
Runashimi relatedTo Quechua
this entity surface form: Southern Quechua
Runashimi relatedTo Quechua
this entity surface form: Central Quechua
Salasaca Kichwa hasAncestor Quechua
this entity surface form: Colonial Quechua
Otavalo Kichwa partOf Quechua
this entity surface form: Quechua II languages
Otavalo Kichwa hasAncestor Quechua
this entity surface form: Colonial Quechua
Oruro languageUsed Quechua
Loreto Region of Peru languageSpoken Quechua
subject surface form: Loreto Region
Llullaillaco volcano nameLanguage Quechua
subject surface form: Llullaillaco
El Misti volcano languageOfName Quechua
subject surface form: El Misti
Calca languageSpoken Quechua
Chinchero primaryLanguage Quechua
Yucay languageUsed Quechua
Isla de la Luna culture Quechua
Copacabana languageUsed Quechua
Huayna Capac language Quechua
Inca emperor Pachacuti language Quechua
subject surface form: Pachacuti
Inca Trail languageOfName Quechua
Viracocha languageContext Quechua
Sapa Inca titleLanguage Quechua
Sapa Inca languageUsed Quechua
Qhapaq Ñan languageOfName Quechua
Cordillera Occidental languageOfToponyms Quechua
subject surface form: Cordillera Occidental (Ecuador)
Manco Cápac ethnicGroup Quechua
Manco Cápac language Quechua
Puno languageUsed Quechua
Topa Inca Yupanqui culture Quechua
Chinchaysuyu languageUsed Quechua
Carihuairazo languageOfName Quechua
Urubamba town languageSpoken Quechua
subject surface form: Urubamba
Túpac Amaru languageSpoken Quechua