Definition of quechua Quechua

Quech•ua

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What does quechua mean?

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quechua - a member of a South American Indian people in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Inca empire
		Kechua
		south american indian a member of a native Indian group in South America
quechua - the language of the Quechua which was spoken by the Incas
		Quechuan, Quechuan language, Kechua, Kechuan
		american-indian language, amerind, amerindian language, american indian, indian any of the languages spoken by Amerindians
quechua - a community of South American Indians in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Incan Empire
		Kechua

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quechua (Noun)
A member of one of several South American ethnic groups that spans Peru, Bolivia, northwestern Argentina, northern Chile, and in Ecuador and southern Colombia.

quechua
Native American language of South America, language of the Inca Empire, and today spoken in various dialects by some 10 million people throughout South America, including Peru and Bolivia, southern Colombia and Ecuador, north-western Argentina and northern Chile.

Quechua, sometimes written Quichua or Ketchua, is a language spoken by people in the South American nations of Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Argentina, Colombia, and Chile. It was also the language of the ancient Inca empire.

There are about 8 million people who speak Quechua.

It is the most spoken Native American language in South America. It is the most widely spoken Amerindian language. A quarter of the people in Peru speak Quechua. People that speak Quechua as their first language are called Quechua Indians by the Spanish speaking cultures. The Quechua refer to themselves as Runa, "the people". They call the language "Runa Simi".

Quechua is known for only having 3 vowel sounds: "a", "i", and "u".

The Quechua language has given names to many places in Peru, including the Ancash Region. "Anqash" is the Quechua word for "blue", and it is thought that the name refers to the blue skies of Ancash.