Quechua

The Quechuan languages are spoken in mainly in Peru, and also in Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia and Argentina. They belong to the Quechuan language family, and have a total of about 7.7. million speakers. In Ecuador varities of Quechua are known as Quichua. The Quechuan languages are thought to have descended from a common ancestor, known as Proto-Quechua. The modern Quechuan languages are not mutually intelligible, and each variety has a number of dialects.