Quechuan (language family)

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Scope note
Family of languages of the former Inca Empire in South America and the principal native languages of the central Andes today. The original languages were probably spoken in a small area in the southern Peruvian highlands; after ca. 1450 the language was spread by the Inca conquests.
Quechuan
Accepted term: 18-Nov-2024