Languages

Quechua

Indigenous Languages of the Americas

Citation Formats

General Reference

Language Atlas. "Quechua." Accessed August 31, 2026. https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/quechua.

APA Style

Language Atlas. (n.d.). Quechua. Retrieved August 31, 2026, from https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/quechua

BibTeX

@misc{languageatlas-quechua,
  author = {Language Atlas},
  title = {Quechua},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/quechua},
  note = {Accessed August 31, 2026}
}

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.

Facts

ISO 639-3 Code

que 1

Speaker Count

7,200,000 1

Native speakers, family-wide estimate; other estimates run 8-10 million (2004).

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Quechuan Languages

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Quechua, also called Runa simi in Southern Quechua ('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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1. Wikipedia: Quechuan Languages

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