Google it in Quechua; Peru.(Peru's language rebellion)

From: The Economist (US) | Date: August 19, 2006 | Copyright information

And roll your tongue around Inca consonants

More power for an ancient language

HILARIA SUPA wears the ancestral clothing and round hat typical of peasant women from her village near Cusco, the former Inca capital in Peru. She also speaks Quechua, the language of the Inca Empire, which is still used widely in the Peruvian Andes. She claims that she has no real need for Spanish because her neighbours all speak Quechua. But that doesn't go for other members of Pe...

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