Quechuas

Quechua
Qichwa conchucos 01.jpg
Total population
Regions with significant populations
Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador.
Languages
Quechua, Spanish
Religions
Catholicism adapted to traditional Andean beliefs

Quechuas is the term used for several ethnic groups in¨South America that use a Quechua language (Southern Quechua mainly). They belong to several ethnic groups in South America, above all in Peru, Bolivia and Argentina.

The Quechuas of Ecuador call themselves - as well as their language Kichwa - Kichwas or Quichuas. The Kichwa-speaking group of Colombia are the Ingas.

Some (historic) Quechua peoples:

• Inca
• Chancas (in Huancavelica, Ayacucho y Apurímac)
• Huancas (in Junín; spoke Quechua before the Incas did)
• Cañaris (in Ecuador; adopted the Quechua language from the Incas)

Related pages

• Q'ero (an Andean Quechua community)