THEY ARE THE LARGEST AMERICAN INDIAN GROUP IN THE WORLD TODAY WITH 2.5 MILLION FOLKS IN SOUTH AMERICA. THE QUECHUA INDIANS SPEAK MANY DIALECTS. THEY ARE COLLECTIVELY THE MOST WIDELY SPOKEN OF ALL INDIGENOUS GROUPS.
MANY MIGRATED EAST TO THE AMAZON BASIN. THEIR CULTURE DEVELOPED SEPARATELY FROM THAT OF THEIR SOUTHWARD MIGRATING COUSINS. THE RAINFOREST QUECHUA HAVE REMAINED MORE ISOLATED FROM HISTORIC FORCES. THE QUECHUA ARE PART OF THE ANDEAN BRANCH OF ANDEAN FAMILY. THEY ENCOMPASS FAR MORE SPEAKING THAN OTHER LANGUAGE GROUPS. QUECHIAN FAMILY LANGUAGE IS SPOKEN BY FOLKS IN PERU, ECUADOR, BOLIVIA, BRAZIL, ARGENTINA, COLUMBIA AND CHILI. THEY HAVE 28 QUECHUAN LANGUAGES. AS THE INCA EMPIRE EXPANDED THEIR LANGUAGE WAS QUECHUAN FROM NORTH ECUADOR TO CENTRAL CHILI. THE INCAS WERE CONQUERED BY THE SPANIARDSWHO SPREAD THE USE OF QUECHUA BEYOND THE INCA EMPIRE. IN COLONIAL TIMES THEY ACQUIRED MANY SPANISH CULTURAL ELEMENTS SUCH AS OXEN AND OTHER DOMESTIC ANIMALS, PLOWS, AND NEW CROPS AS WELL AS LOCAL GOVERNING COUNCILS. MANY MODERN QUECHUA WORK IN HACIENDAS OR ARE LABORERS IN HIGHLAND TOWNS.
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