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- # Similarities in language; for example between the Maori and Quechua ... several new perspectives on the Aymara and Quechua languages. His classification ...10 KB (1,446 words) - 04:47, 3 November 2025
- It is currently believed that the etymology of Potosà is Quechua. However, in Quechua the phoneme p'otoj does not refer to a thunderous ...14 KB (2,114 words) - 23:06, 13 April 2026
- of the origin of the term. It may derive from the Quechua huachu (orphan, vagabond) or from the Arabic chaucho (a type of whip used in herding animals ...11 KB (1,764 words) - 04:47, 18 April 2024
- The name Andes comes from the Quechua word anti, which means "high ... of the Andean peoples are those of the Quechua and Aymara language families. ...15 KB (2,126 words) - 19:59, 26 July 2023
- Cusco (also spelled Cuzco, and in the Quechua language as Qusqu 'qos.qo ) is a city in southeastern Peru near the Sacred Valley in the Andes ...22 KB (3,238 words) - 06:49, 12 January 2024
- actually written and pronounced limaq in the nearby Quechua I languages). It is worth noting that the same Quechuan word is also the source of the name ...19 KB (3,062 words) - 21:54, 31 January 2024
- The plant's name is the Spanish spelling of the Quechua name ... *Quechua: ayara, kiuna, kuchikinwa, achita, kinua, kinoa, chisaya mama ...14 KB (2,175 words) - 17:35, 30 April 2026
- land of the four regions," in Quechua, the Inca culture was highly ... Catholic Church's evangelizing in Quechua, Aymara and Guaranà actually ...34 KB (4,744 words) - 15:36, 4 February 2023
- The Republic of Bolivia (or Bulibiya in the Quechua language; Wuliwya in Aymara) is a landlocked country in central South America. It is bordered ...31 KB (4,557 words) - 23:31, 4 June 2026
- crafts and goods in the markets and fairs. Quechua made up 30 percent of Bolivia ... official language of Bolivia, along with Quechua 21.2 percent, and Aymara ...15 KB (2,191 words) - 13:44, 28 April 2023
- The Inca Empire (called Tawantinsuyu in modern spelling, Aymara and Quechua, or Tahuantinsuyu in old spelling Quechua), was an empire located ...31 KB (5,038 words) - 16:34, 28 November 2024
- combining words from the local languages Quechua and Aymara. It has also ... in Lake Titicaca, this one populated by Quechua speakers. About eight hundred ...21 KB (3,212 words) - 21:39, 7 March 2025
- [[Image:A Quechua girl and her Llama.jpg|thumb|250px|A Quechua girl and her llama in Cuzco]] Llamas retain only one upper incisor as adults and ...18 KB (2,765 words) - 12:46, 8 July 2024
- the Mexican and Inca empires. Next to the Quechua of Peru and the Aymara in ... land of the four regions," in Quechua, the Inca civilization was ...20 KB (2,963 words) - 12:12, 14 April 2026
- their religion, customs, and language, Quechua, on their defeated rivals ... of over 1.6 million inhabitants. Quechua made up 30 percent of Bolivia ...25 KB (3,637 words) - 21:16, 7 March 2025
- public service called “mita†(a Quechua term mit'a meaning ... #039; rights, including recognition of Quechua as a national language and ...46 KB (6,852 words) - 21:18, 4 March 2026
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Ethnic group [[File:Hombre Shuar.jpg|thumb|250px|A Shuar man in traditional ...11 KB (1,637 words) - 17:14, 27 October 2020
- Mapuche. Contrary to popular belief, the Quechua word Arauco (rebel), is ... is some discernible lexical influence from Quechua. It is estimated that only ...21 KB (3,210 words) - 07:34, 29 April 2025
- de Los Indios de Los Reynos del Perú (1560), a Quechua grammar by Fray Domingo de Santo Tomás. From the latter part of the eighteenth century ...25 KB (3,470 words) - 18:48, 24 May 2024
- means "Old Mountain" in the local Quechua language) had sat undisturbed high in the Andes, hidden beneath moss and tangled vines. Bingham ...12 KB (1,750 words) - 20:34, 17 July 2024
