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

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.

Cusco → recognizedLanguage → Quechua ⓘ
La Paz → recognizedLanguage → Quechua ⓘ
Arequipa → regionalLanguage → Quechua ⓘ
Iquitos → regionalLanguages → Quechua ⓘ
Runashimi → relatedTo → Quechua ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Quechua
Runashimi → relatedTo → Quechua ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Quechua
Imbabura Kichwa → subclassOf → Quechua ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ecuadorian Kichwa
Runashimi → subfamilyOf → Quechua ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quechua II
Runashimi → subfamilyOf → Quechua ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Quechua
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
Sapa Inca → titleLanguage → Quechua ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quechua languages