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quechuan lan·guage

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  1. Quechua, Quechuan, Quechuan language, Kechua, Kechuannoun

    the language of the Quechua which was spoken by the Incas

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  1. quechuan language

    Quechua (, US also ; Spanish: [ˈketʃwa]), 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. Derived from a common ancestral language, it is the most widely spoken pre-Columbian language family of the Americas, with an estimated 8–10 million speakers as of 2004. Approximately 25% (7.7 million) of Peruvians speak a Quechuan language.Quechua was the main language family of the Inca Empire. The Spanish encouraged its use until the Peruvian struggle for independence of the 1780s. As a result, Quechua variants are still widely spoken today, being the co-official language of many regions and the second most spoken language family in Peru.

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  1. quechuan language

    The Quechuan language, also known as Runasimi, is a native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language. It is the most widely spoken language family of the indigenous peoples of the Americas, with a total of probably some 8 million to 10 million speakers. Quechua was the main language of administration in the Inca Empire and it is today an official language in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of quechuan language in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of quechuan language in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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