quechua

«quechua» in Mova's school dictionary: a family of languages spoken by millions of Indigenous… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (Quechua — the language and the people); adjective (Quechua)

meaning for a pupil

1) Quechua is a family of languages spoken by millions of Indigenous people in the Andes mountains of South America, mostly in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador. tree →

2) The Quechua are the peoples who speak these languages. tree →

3) Quechua was the main language of the Inca Empire. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography and history lessons about South America and the Incas. Some English words came from Quechua, such as llama, condor, puma, jerky and quinine. Phrases: «speak Quechua», «Quechua people», «Quechua words».

examples

• Quechua is spoken by millions of people in Peru and Bolivia. tree →
• The Incas spoke Quechua. tree →
• The word «llama» comes from Quechua. tree →
• Many children in the Andes learn Quechua at home and Spanish at school. tree →
• Quechua is an official language of Peru and Bolivia. tree →
• Quechua farmers grow potatoes high in the mountains. tree →
• Our class learned to say hello in Quechua: «Allillanchu?» tree →

note

Proper noun: write it with a capital Q (Quechua). Said «KETCH-wa». It is not one single language but a group of closely related languages.

In the corpora

• Quechua was the language of the Inca Empire.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «quechua» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.