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🗣️ A native language 🧑‍🌾 Of Quechua people
Quechuan

Quechuan

9.9
A language or group of related languages spoken by the Quechua people in the Andes
  • noun
  • /ˈkɛtʃuən/
translation icon : quechua
  • Many villages in Peru still speak Quechuan as their primary language.

Examples

  • The Inca Empire used Quechuan for official communication across its vast territory.

  • She is learning Quechuan to communicate with local communities.

  • He studied the grammar and vocabulary of Quechuan during his time in South America.

  • Is Quechuan difficult to learn?

  • Many villages in Peru still speak Quechuan as their primary language.

  • He studied the grammar and vocabulary of Quechuan during his time in South America.

  • The Inca Empire used Quechuan for official communication across its vast territory.

Synonyms

Quechua
vsQuechuan
1 9.4

The language spoken by the native people of the Andes, once used by the Inca Empire

focuses on the same family without emphasizing historical empire
Quechuan language
vsQuechuan
9.9

A group of languages first used by the Inca and still spoken in parts of South America

refers to the same family with a slightly different phrasing
Quechua language
vsQuechuan
8.5

People in the Andes still speak a language first used by the Incas

is the same idea but expressed with alternative wording
Kechua
vsQuechuan
9.9

A native language in the Andes once used by the Incas and still spoken today

is the standard form rather than a spelling variant
Kechuan language
vsQuechuan
9.9

A native language of the Quechua people in parts of South America, once used by the Inca

uses the same core sense but with a different name form
Quichua
vsQuechuan
9.9

A native people and language group in the Andes of Ecuador and Peru

focuses only on the language rather than also naming the people

Compounds

Quechuan language
9.9

A group of languages first used by the Inca and still spoken in parts of South America

Surface Forms

Quechuan singular
Quechuans plural

Morphology

Quechuan = Quechua (transparent) = Quechua + an

The noun use denotes the language/family associated with the ethnonym 'Quechua', a straightforward nominal use of the ethnonym with the adjectival/nominal suffix.

Etymology

Quechuan names the language or group of languages spoken by the people called Quechua in the Andes. Because the Incas used this language across their lands, Quechuan often means 'the Quechua language' today.