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Inka Wasi (Apurímac)
Inka Wasi or Inkawasi (Quechua languages, Quechua ''Inka'' Inca, ''wasi'' house, "Inca house", Hispanicized spellings ''Inca Huasi, Incahuasi, Incaguasi'') may refer to: *Incahuasi, a volcano on the border between Argentina and Chile *Cerro Incahuasi, a mountain in Chile *Cerros de Incahuasi, a mountain in the Antofagasta Region, Chile *Incahuasi District or Inkawasi, a district in the Lambayeque Region, Peru *Inka Wasi (Apurímac), a mountain in the Apurímac Region, Peru *Inka Wasi, Ayacucho, an archaeological site in Ayacucho Region, Peru *Inka Wasi (Bolivia), a mountain in the Chuquisaca Department, Bolivia *Inka Wasi, Huancavelica, an archaeological site in Huancavelica Region, Peru *Inka Wasi, Lima, an archaeological site in Lima Region, Peru *Inka Wasi (Lucanas), a mountain in the Lucanas Province, Ayacucho Region, Peru *Inka Wasi River, a river in Bolivia *Inkawasi District, a district in the Cusco Region, Peru *Isla Incahuasi, a rock in Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia *Inca Huasi (an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quechua Languages
Quechua (, ), also called (, 'people's language') in Southern Quechua, is an indigenous language family that originated in central Peru and thereafter spread to other countries of the Andes. Derived from a common ancestral " Proto-Quechua" language, it is today the most widely spoken pre-Columbian language family of the Americas, with the number of speakers estimated at 8–10 million speakers in 2004,Adelaar 2004, pp. 167–168, 255. and just under 7 million from the most recent census data available up to 2011. Approximately 13.9% (3.7 million) of Peruvians speak a Quechua language. Although Quechua began expanding many centuries before the Incas, that previous expansion also meant that it was the primary language family within the Inca Empire. The Spanish also tolerated its use until the Peruvian struggle for independence in the 1780s. As a result, various Quechua languages are still widely spoken today, being co-official in many regions and the most spoken language in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
