Quechua 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 a total of probably some 8–10 million speakers. Approximately 25% (7.7 million) of Peruvians speak a Quechuan language. It is perhaps most widely known for being the main language family of the Inca Empire. The Spaniards encouraged its use until the Peruvian struggle for independence of the 1780s. As a …

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IADB: Inter-American Development Bank · 2 August 2024 English

Las competencias digitales abarcan la capacidad de acceder, gestionar, evaluar y crear información de forma segura y eficaz utilizando las tecnologías digitales. Estas competencias son fundamentales para la vida moderna, …

countries. The application will help develop Quechua language skills and community integration as well


IADB: Inter-American Development Bank · 2 August 2024 English

Digital skills encompass the ability to safely and effectively access, manage, evaluate, and create information using digital technologies. These skills are critical for modern life, enabling individuals to engage with …

countries. The application will help develop Quechua language skills and community integration as well


UN: The United Nations · 30 March 2023 English

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interpretation. Many web pages were available in the Quechua language and there were various informational videos


UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation · 2023 English

that these units were not made available in Quechua language content meant that, at a minimum, they would


CNRS - Centre national de la recherche scientifique · 28 December 2022 French

The Americas are home to patches of extraordinary linguistic (genealogical) diversity. These high-diversity areas are particularly unexpected given the recent population of the Americas. In this paper, we zoom in …

group that is today associated with the Inga Quechua language, spoke a different, non-Quechuan language


Université Clermont Auvergne · 18 June 2022 French

In Ecuador, a country with numerous potentially active volcanoes, recurrent large earthquakes, and regular climate-related events, it is surmised that phenomena such as debris flows have affected pre-Hispanic populations since …

(yahuar = blood and cocha = lake, in the local quechua language), a lake 35 km north of Cayambe city, where


CI: Conservation International · 15 June 2022 English

changed with the construction of the Fernando and see them as Belaúnde Terry highway, a project that triggered The experience of the native community of This compilation brings together the …

to 1. Takiwasi or “the house that sings” in Quechua language is a fulfill family aspirations in comparison


UNFPA: United Nations Population Fund · 6 May 2022 English

GOOD PRACTICES IN MIDWIFERY RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN, 2020-2021 Good practices in midwifery: Response to the covid-19 Pandemic in Latin America and the …

The and Life Cycle lack of command of the Quechua language was Approach identified as a weakness and


Université de Montpellier · 30 March 2022 French

The Paleogene record of caviomorph rodents has substantially increased over the last decades, and their evolutionary history better understood by the discovery of their earliest representatives, so far recorded in …

discovered, and “cuy” , which means guinea pig in Quechua language. The name Balsayacu refers to the balsa wood


AIC: Agricultural Institute of Canada · 30 December 2021 English

Africa • Aquaculture of seaweeds and fish: Opportunities for blue economic empowerment and COVID-19 resilience in Kenya • Energy transition for the economic empowerment of women through the horticultural value …

– the name for small earthen ponds, in the Quechua language – and an infiltration ditch, as part of a


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