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n. - The language of the Quechua which was spoken by the Incas; A member of a South American Indian people in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Inca empire.

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  • And rhatany, a leguminous shrub of South America, shows tampering with what must have been a Kechua word.
  • The name = = written also Qquichua, Quechua, Kechua = = most probably signifies those who "speak correctly", as distinguished from tribes from alien stock.
  • If your familiarity with languages is limited to exposure to those of the Indo-European family, and your knowledge of, say, Chinese is about as extensive as your mastery of...
  • They represented Kechua, Cheyenne, Yucatec and Kechin Maya, Mapuche, Cuna and numerous other indigenous groups from Alaska and British Columbia to Hawaii, and Panama to...
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