Quechuan · ISO 639-3 que · qu
Quechua Language Runa Simi
Quechua is a Quechuan language spoken by about 8.9 million people in 3 countries. It is an official language of Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Quechua is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Quechua
Language family
- Quechuan
- Southern Quechua
- Bolivian-Argentinian Quechua
- Quechua
Writing system
Latin script
Related languages
About the Quechua language
Quechua (Runa Simi) is spoken by about 8.9 million people. It belongs to the Quechuan language family and, more precisely, to the Bolivian-Argentinian Quechua group within the Bolivian-Argentinian Quechua branch.
Where is Quechua spoken?
Quechua is used in 3 countries. The largest communities live in Peru (4.9 million), Bolivia (3.9 million) and Ecuador (3.1 million).
Share of the population that speaks Quechua: Peru 15% (4.9 million), Bolivia 32% (3.9 million) and Ecuador 17% (3.1 million).
Quechua is an official language in 3 countries: Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador.
Writing system and status
Quechua is written in the Latin script.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are South Bolivian Quechua.
ISO codes: ISO 639-1 qu, ISO 639-3 que.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.