Quechua (/ˈkɛtʃuə, -(ə)wə/,[1][2][3] in AmE also /ˈkɛtʃwɑː/;[4] Spanish pronunciation: [ˈketʃwa]) is the name of a people of the central Andes of South America and their languages.
Quechua may refer to:
- Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru.
- Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language
- Southern Quechua, the most widely spoken Quechua language, with about 6.9 million speakers
- Quechua Boliviano, a dialect of Southern Quechua spoken in Bolivia and in northern Argentina
Other uses
- Quechua (brand), a French sporting goods company
- Quechua (geography), a natural region of Peru, is a city-state[citation needed]
See also
- Quechua alphabet, orthography based on the Latin alphabet to write Quechua languages
- Quechua Wikipedia, a language edition of Wikipedia
References
- ^ Longman Dictionary
- ^ Oxford Living Dictionaries, British and World English
- ^ Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
- ^ Wells, John C. (2008), Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.), Longman, ISBN 9781405881180
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