Quechua may refer to: *

Quechua people Quechua people (, ; ) , Quichua people or Kichwa people may refer to any of the Indigenous peoples of South America who speak the Quechua languages, which originated among the Indigenous people of Peru. Although most Quechua speakers are nativ ...

, several Indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *

Quechuan languages Quechua (, ), also called (, 'people's language') in Southern Quechua, is an indigenous language family that originated in central Peru and thereafter spread to other countries of the Andes. Derived from a common ancestral " Proto-Quechua" ...

, an Indigenous South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language **

Southern Quechua Southern Quechua (, ), or simply Quechua (Qichwa or Qhichwa), is the most widely spoken of the major regional groupings of mutually intelligible dialects within the Quechua language family, with about 6.9 million speakers. Besides Guaraní it ...

, the most widely spoken Quechua language, with about 6.9 million speakers **

North Bolivian Quechua North Bolivian Quechua is a dialect of the Southern Quechua Southern Quechua (, ), or simply Quechua (Qichwa or Qhichwa), is the most widely spoken of the major regional groupings of mutually intelligible dialects within the Quechua language ...

, a dialect of Southern Quechua spoken in northern Bolivia **

South Bolivian Quechua South Bolivian Quechua, also known as Central Bolivian Quechua, is a dialect of Southern Quechua spoken in Bolivia and adjacent areas of Argentina, where it is also known as ''Colla''. It is not to be confused with North Bolivian Quechua, which i ...

, a dialect of Southern Quechua spoken in Bolivia and in northern Argentina

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Quechua (brand) Quechua (, or ; ) is the trademarked French brand for the hiking and camping apparel and equipment marketed mostly by French company Decathlon. Created as a brand in 1997 in Domancy, France, by a group of nine Decathlon employees, the group ...

, a French sporting goods brand *

Quechua (geography) Quechua is one of the eight Life_zones_of_Peru#Javier Pulgar Vidal's version, Natural Regions of Peru and is between 2,300 and 3,500 m above sea level. It is composed of big valleys divided by rivers fed by estival rains. Its flora includes Aln ...

, a natural region of Peru * ''Quechua'' (plant), a genus of plants in the family Orchidaceae *

Quechua alphabet The Quechua alphabet () is based on the Latin alphabet. It is used to write the Quechuan languages. The Quechua alphabet has been use in Peru since 1975, following the Officialization of Quechua by Decree Law in May 1975 that made Quechua co-equal w ...

, orthography based on the Latin alphabet to write Quechua languages *

Quechua Wikipedia Wikipedia is a free content, free multilingualism, multilingual open source, open-source wiki-based online encyclopedia open collaboration, edited and maintained by a Wikipedia community, community of volunteer editors, started on 15 January 2001 ...

, a language edition of Wikipedia

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