Quechua people (/ ˈkɛtʃuə /, [8][9] US also / ˈkɛtʃwɑː /; [10] Spanish: [ˈketʃwa]), Quichua people or Kichwa people are Indigenous peoples of South America who speak the Quechua languages, which originated among the Indigenous people of Peru. Although most Quechua speakers are native to Peru, there are some significant populations in Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, and Argentina. These economic activities encouraged Quechuas to migrate from Bolivia to the region, where they joined the indigenous communities inhabiting the ancient settlements of Cosca, Amincha and Alota.
The same thing occurred in the San Pedro River basin, where the sulfur mine of Línzor was a focal point of Quechua migration. The Quechuas are one of the largest Indigenous groups in South America, living in the Andes Mountains and Amazonian regions of Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Argentina, Chile, and Colombia. Their shared language is Quechua, also known as Runasimi, meaning "language of the people." The earliest Quechua groups settled in northern Chile around 8000 BC.
Conoce la historia, la gente, el lugar y la lengua de los Quechua, un pueblo originario que desciende del Imperio Inca. Explora el territorio quechua con mapas, recursos, multimedia y sinti en quechua. The Quechua people are an indigenous population of South America, primarily inhabiting the Andean regions of Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, and parts of Argentina, Colombia, and Chile.
Quechua, South American Indians living in the Andean highlands from Ecuador to Bolivia. They speak many regional varieties of Quechua, which was the language of the Inca empire (though it predates the Inca) and which later became the lingua franca of the Spanish and Indians throughout the Andes. Quechuas en Chile El pueblo Quechua se estableció en la zona precordillerana y altiplánica, territorio que comparte con el pueblo aimara.
El pueblo quechua en el territorio chileno representa un grupo minoritario que tempranamente y en distintos períodos ha poblado la zona norte (Ollagüe) en la Región de Antofagasta. En Chile, hay hablantes de quechua en la región de Arica y Parinacota, Antofagasta, Tarapacá y Región Metropolitana. En Chile la población quechua es de 33.868 personas según el Censo de 2017.
Material en lengua quechua: Lengua y Cultura Quechuas de Alipio Pacheco Condori " Lengua y Cultura Quechuas. The Quechua language prevails today and is spoken by several million people in Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile, and northwest Argentina. In 1975, it was recognized by the government as one of the three official languages in Peru, along with Spanish and Aymara.
Descendants of ancient civilizations, the Quechua have preserved their traditions despite centuries of colonial influence and modernization. They span modern-day Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Argentina, and Chile and remain one of the most enduring Indigenous groups in South America.