Quechua, also called Runa Simi in Southern Quechua, is an indigenous language family that originated in central Peru and thereafter spread to other countries of the Andes.
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ISO 639-3 Code Speaker CountNative speakers, family-wide estimate; other estimates run 8-10 million (2004). RegionCentral Andes: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru 1 Partially Attested
Attested From (Year)Domingo de Santo Tomas learned Quechua from 1540 and published the first grammar in 1560; the article calls his work the oldest written records of the language. Classification
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Source Wikipedia: Quechuan Languages
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Quechua is standardly written in the Latin alphabet.
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The Quechua people (, US also ; Spanish: [ˈketʃwa] ) , Quichua people or Kichwa people are indigenous peoples of South America who speak the Quechuan languages, which originated among the Indigenous people of Peru.
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Quechua (; Spanish: [ˈketʃwa]), also called Runa simi in Southern Quechua (pronounced [ˈɾʊna ˈsɪmɪ], 'people's language'), is an indigenous language family that originated in central Peru and thereafter spread to other countries of the Andes.
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Infobox, Speakers (Total)
7.2 million native speakers
Official status
In 1975, Peru became the first country to recognize Quechua as one of its official languages.
Infobox, Region
Throughout the central Andes Mountains including Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
History, first written records
He published his Grammatica o arte de la lengua general de los indios de los reynos del Perú (Grammar or Art of the General Language of the Indians of the Kingdoms of Peru) in 1560.
Lead section, official status
the most-spoken or co-official language in many others
In Family: Quechuan, Lead
Quechua (; Spanish: [ˈketʃwa]), also called Runa simi in Southern Quechua (pronounced [ˈɾʊna ˈsɪmɪ], 'people's language'), is an indigenous language family that originated in central Peru and thereafter spread to other countries of the Andes.
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