Indigenous Quechua
Usually called runasimi people s language in quechuan languages is an indigenous language family spoken by the quechua peoples primarily living in the peruvian andes.
Indigenous quechua. Garcilaso de la vega the inca son of an inca and a spanish conquistador encouraged spaniards to learn quechua claiming that the indians who spoke it had a much higher intellect and. Indigenous peoples have been forgotten under appreciated exploited and our languages have a lot to do with it peruvian quechuan singer and rapper renata flores rivera tells refinery29. Indigenous people have been forgotten under appreciated exploited and our languages have a lot to do with it peruvian quechuan singer and rapper renata flores rivera tells refinery29 over. Quechua ˈ k ɛ tʃ u ə us also ˈ k ɛ tʃ w ɑː.
Derived from a common ancestral language it is the most widely spoken pre columbian language family of the americas with a total of probably some. Quechua people ˈ k ɛ tʃ u ə us also ˈ k ɛ tʃ w ɑː. The word quechua was originally used for the official language of about 11 million indigenous people in south america. Modern quechua are descendants of the canaris chancas huancas incas and other south american indigenous peoples.
Or quecha people may refer to any of the indigenous people of south america who speak the quechua languages which originated among the indigenous people of peru although most quechua speakers are native to the country of origin there are some significant populations living in ecuador bolivia chile colombia. Quechua has survived not only conquest but the foundation of the region s independent republics whose leaders often discouraged the language s use in an attempt to eliminate indigenous dissent. Quechua collection of patricia dreidemie at the archive of the indigenous languages of latin america. Quechua south american indians living in the andean highlands from ecuador to bolivia.
Quechua is spoken by an estimated six to eight million speakers across the andean region making it the most spoken language in south america. The united nations designated 2019 as the year of indigenous languages and we take a look at the predominant native languages that are still being used on the continent. Today the word quechua also means the indigenous people themselves who speak the quechua language.