QUECHUA
"Quechua is still widely spoken in Peru, where one quarter of the population is fluent, and to a lesser extent in countries such as Bolivia, Chile and Ecuador. Today there are more than 8 million native speakers of Quechua, making it the most common indigenous language in the Americas."
source: http://fluentfocus.com/indigenous-spanish/
Quechua Word
Spanish Word
English Word
kancha
la cancha
the playing field (like for a sport)
llama
la llama
the llama
allpaqa
la alpaca
the alpaca (like a llama)
kuntur
el cóndor
the condor (large bird)
puma
el puma
the puma
ch'arki
el charqui
jerky
pampa
la pampa
the plain (flat land--more specifically a very fertile area in South America)
papa
la papa
the potato
sources:
http://aboutworldlanguages.com/quechua
http://www.translationdirectory.com/glossaries/glossary227.php
"Quechua is still widely spoken in Peru, where one quarter of the population is fluent, and to a lesser extent in countries such as Bolivia, Chile and Ecuador. Today there are more than 8 million native speakers of Quechua, making it the most common indigenous language in the Americas."
source: http://fluentfocus.com/indigenous-spanish/
Quechua Word
Spanish Word
English Word
kancha
la cancha
the playing field (like for a sport)
llama
la llama
the llama
allpaqa
la alpaca
the alpaca (like a llama)
kuntur
el cóndor
the condor (large bird)
puma
el puma
the puma
ch'arki
el charqui
jerky
pampa
la pampa
the plain (flat land--more specifically a very fertile area in South America)
papa
la papa
the potato
sources:
http://aboutworldlanguages.com/quechua
http://www.translationdirectory.com/glossaries/glossary227.php