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# quechua

noun (Quechua — the language and the people); adjective (Quechua)

«quechua» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Quechua is a family of languages spoken by millions of Indigenous people in the Andes mountains of South America, mostly in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quechua/#m1)
2. The Quechua are the peoples who speak these languages. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quechua/#m2)
3. Quechua was the main language of the Inca Empire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quechua/#m3)

### In the lessons

In geography and history lessons about South America and the Incas. Some English words came from Quechua, such as llama, condor, puma, jerky and quinine. Phrases: «speak Quechua», «Quechua people», «Quechua words».

### Examples

- Quechua is spoken by millions of people in Peru and Bolivia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quechua/#x1)
- The Incas spoke Quechua. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quechua/#x2)
- The word «llama» comes from Quechua. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quechua/#x3)
- Many children in the Andes learn Quechua at home and Spanish at school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quechua/#x4)
- Quechua is an official language of Peru and Bolivia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quechua/#x5)
- Quechua farmers grow potatoes high in the mountains. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quechua/#x6)
- Our class learned to say hello in Quechua: «Allillanchu?» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quechua/#x7)

### Note

Proper noun: write it with a capital Q (Quechua). Said «KETCH-wa». It is not one single language but a group of closely related languages.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «quechua» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quechua/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«quechua» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/quechua.html) on Mova free.