Kichwa (Kichwa shimi, Runashimi, also Spanish Quichua) is a Quechuan language, and includes all Quechua varieties of Ecuador and Colombia (Inga), as well as extensions into Peru, and is spoken by 2.5 million people. The most widely spoken dialects are Chimborazo and Imbabura Highland Kichwa, with one to two million and half a million to one million speakers, respectively. Cañar Highland Quecha has 100,000–200,000 speakers; the others in the range of ten to twenty thousand. Kichwa belongs to the Northern Quechua group of Quechua II (according to Alfredo Torero).
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Quichua is a Quechuan language spoken in Argentina.
Variations of Quichua are also spoken in Ecuador, Colombia and Peru.
The language is: Quichua Canar Quichua is a Quechuan language spoken in Ecuador.
The language is: Canar Quichua Chimborazo Quichua is a Quechuan language spoken in Ecuador.
The language is: Chimborazo Quichua Pastaza Quichua is a Quechuan language spoken in Ecuador and Peru.
The language is: Pastaza Quichua Tena Quichua is a Quechuan language spoken in Ecuador.
The language is: Tena Quichua Tungurahua Quichua is a Quechuan language spoken in Ecuador.
The language is: Tungurahua Quichua
Noun
1. a member of a South American Indian people in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Inca empire
(synonym) Kechua
(hypernym) South American Indian
(hyponym) Inca, Inka, Incan
2. the language of the Quechua which was spoken by the Incas
(synonym) Quechuan, Quechuan language, Kechua, Kechuan
(hypernym) Amerind, Amerindian language, American-Indian language, American Indian, Indian
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