1. Quechua - Noun
2. Quechua - Proper noun
the language of the Quechua which was spoken by the Incas
a community of South American Indians in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Incan Empire
a member of a South American Indian people in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Inca empire
Source: WordNetAikhenvald 2004, p. 377. The chart below depicts an example of these morphemes from the Wanka Quechua language: Aikhenvald 2004, p. 42. The parentheses around the vowels indicate that the vowel can be dropped in when following an open vowel. Source: Internet
Adelaar 2004, p. 179. It is not known what name the native speakers gave to their language before colonial times and whether it was Spaniards who called it quechua. Source: Internet
Advocates of the traditional system believe that the new orthographies look too foreign and suggest that it makes Quechua harder to learn for people who have first been exposed to written Spanish. Source: Internet
Aikhenvald 2004, p. 380. Literature Although the body of literature in Quechua is not as sizable as its historical and current prominence would suggest, it is nevertheless not negligible. Source: Internet
Aikhenvald 2004, p. 3. In the Quechua languages, evidentiality is a three-term system: there are three evidential morphemes that mark varying levels of source information. Source: Internet
At least three South American indigenous languages (Quechua, Aymara, and Guarani) are recognized along with Spanish as national languages. Source: Internet