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Quechuan /ˈkɛtʃwən/, forby kent as runa simi ("fowk's leid"), is a Hamespun Sooth American leid faimily spoken primarily in the Andes, derived frae a common auncestral leid. It is the maist widely spoken leid faimily o the indigenous fowks o the Americas, wi a tot o probably some 8 million tae 10 million speakers.[2]
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Quechuan | |
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Kechua | |
Qhichwa simi Runa simi | |
Native tae | Peru, Bolivie, Colombie, Ecuador, Chile, an Argentinae |
Region | Central Andes |
Ethnicity | Quechuas |
Native speakers | 8.9 million (2007)[1] |
Quechumaran?
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Dialects |
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Laitin | |
Offeecial status | |
Offeecial leid in | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Leid codes | |
ISO 639-1 | qu |
ISO 639-2 | que, qwe |
ISO 639-3 | que |
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