Indian languages -- and politicians -- gain in S. America; Peru's legislature hears something new: Quechua

Chicago Sun-Times | April 3, 2007| | Copyright

LIMA, Peru -- Hilaria Supa stands out in Lima in her brightly hued ancestral clothes. But she is even more of an iconoclast in the Peruvian legislature, where the congresswoman insists on speaking in her native Quechua.

In doing so, Supa says, she hopes to create a new era of inclusion for the Indians who have long been discriminated against in Peru.

"When we speak in Quechua they say it's rude because they don't understand us," she says. "But my hope is that the language will someday be appreciated."

Across the Andes, similar efforts -- some controversial -- are bringing new recognition ...

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