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کچوآ

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Also known as Quichua, runa simi, qu, Quechuan languages

language family spoken primarily in the Andes region of South America

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Quechua is a family of related languages spoken mainly in the Andes mountains of South America, primarily in Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, and parts of other neighboring countries. It matters because it is one of the most widely spoken indigenous language groups in the Americas, with millions of speakers who maintain a distinct cultural and linguistic heritage.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human language
Country
Colombia
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Commons category
Quechuan languages
topic's main category
Category:Quechuan languages
native label
Qhichwa simi
linguistic typology
agglutinative language
has grammatical case
abessive case
Wikimedia language code
qu
writing system
Latin script
language regulatory body
Academia Mayor de la Lengua Quechua
P10369
Linux
number of speakers, writers, or signers
3799780
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
short name
кечуа
indigenous to
Peru
hashtag
quechua
inception
0001-00-00
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