THE QUECHUA LIVE IN BOLIVIA, PERU AND ECUADOR. THEY HAVE ABOUT 2.5 MILLION PEOPLE AND ARE THE LARGEST AMERICAN INDIAN GROUPS IN THE WORLD. THEY HAVE MANY DIALECTS. THEY ARE ALSO THE PEOPLE WHO MIGRATED BOTH SOUTH AND ALONG THE RIDGES AND THE RAINFOREST. THE EARLY DIVERGENCE IN MIGRATION HAS CREATED MOUNTAIN JUNGLE QUECHUA CULTURE.
MANY MIGRATED TO THE AMAZON BASIN. THESE FOLKS DEVELOPED DIFFERENTLY FROM THE SOUTHERN COUSINS. RAINFOREST QUICHUA HAVE MORE ISOLATED FROM THE HISTORICAL FORESTS THAT SHAPED THE OTHER AREAS OF SOUTH AMERICA. THEY USED RIVERS PRIMARILY FROM TRANSPORTATION.
THE QUECHUA BELONG TO THE ANDEAN BRANCH OF OF ANDEAN EQUATORIAL STOCK OF LANGUAGES. THE QUECHUA HAVE 28 LANGUAGES IN USE. THE ANCIENT INCA ALSO SPOKE QUECHUA. AFTER THE CONQUEST OF TEH INCAS IN THE 16TH CENTURY, THE SPANIARDS SPREAD THE USE OF THE QUECHUA BEYOND THEIR EMPIRE. THEY WEAVE ALL SORTS OF COLORFUL WOOL CLOTHES AND EMBROIDER THEIR SHIRTS, SKIRTS AND MEN'S SHIRTS. THEY MUST GET THE COTTON FROM ANOTHER SOURCE.
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