Antaqucha (Junín)
Antaqucha ( Quechua for "copper lake", hispanicized spellings ''Antaccocha, Antacocha, Antajocha'', also ''Antaqocha'') may refer to: * Antaqucha (Apurímac), a lake in the Apurímac Region, Peru * Antaqucha (Jauja) Antaqucha (Quechua ''anta'' copper, ''qucha'' lake, "copper lake", Hispanicized spelling ''Antacocha'') is a lake in Peru located in the Junín Region, Jauja Province, Canchayllo District. It belongs to the watershed of the Mantaro River. There ..., a lake in the Jauja Province, Junín Region, Peru * Antaqucha (Junín), a lake in the Junín District, Junín Province, Junín Region, Peru * Antaqucha (Lima), a lake in the Lima Region, Peru {{geodisambig ...
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Quechua Language
Quechua (, ; ), usually called ("people's language") in Quechuan languages, is an indigenous language family spoken by the Quechua peoples, primarily living in the Peruvian Andes. Derived from a common ancestral language, it is the most widely spoken pre-Columbian language family of the Americas, with an estimated 8–10 million speakers as of 2004.Adelaar 2004, pp. 167–168, 255. Approximately 25% (7.7 million) of Peruvians speak a Quechuan language. It is perhaps most widely known for being the main language family of the Inca Empire. The Spanish encouraged its use until the Peruvian struggle for independence of the 1780s. As a result, Quechua variants are still widely spoken today, being the co-official language of many regions and the second most spoken language family in Peru. History Quechua had already expanded across wide ranges of the central Andes long before the expansion of the Inca Empire. The Inca were one among many peoples in present-day Peru who alread ...
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