Quechua people (/ˈkɛtʃuə/,[7][8]US also/ˈkɛtʃwɑː/;[9]Spanish:[ˈketʃwa]) or Quichua people may refer to any of the indigenous peoples of South America who speak the Quechua languages, which originated among the Indigenous people of Peru. Although most Quechua speakers are native to Peru, there are some significant populations in Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, and Argentina.
The most common Quechua dialect is Southern Quechua. The Kichwa people of Ecuador speak the Kichwa dialect; in Colombia, the Inga people speak Inga Kichwa.
The Quechua word for a Quechua speaker is runa or nuna ("person"); the plural is runakuna or nunakuna ("people"). "Quechua speakers call themselves Runa -- simply translated, "the people".[10]
Some historical Quechua people are:
The Chanka people lived in the Huancavelica, Ayacucho, and Apurímac regions of Peru.
The Huanca people of the Junín Region of Peru spoke Quechua before the Incas did.
The Inca established the largest empire of the pre-Columbian era.
The Chincha, an extinct merchant kingdom of the Chincha Islands of Peru.
The Qolla inhabited the Potosí, Oruro, and La Paz departments of Bolivia.
The Cañari of Ecuador adopted the Quechua language from the Inca.
^"Peru | Joshua Project".
^"Bolivia | Joshua Project".
^"Ecuador | Joshua Project".
^"Argentina | Joshua Project".
^"Colombia | Joshua Project".
^"Chile | Joshua Project".
^"Quechua - meaning of Quechua in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English". Ldoceonline.com. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
^Oxford Living Dictionaries, British and World English
^Wells, John C. (2008), Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.), Longman, ISBN 9781405881180
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