GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Today, Quechua is the most widely spoken indigenous language in Peru. It’s one of the country’s official languages and is used as the main everyday language in many rural areas. Quechua is most commonly spoken in the southern and central highland areas of Peru.

Detailed explanation-2: -Around 84% of Peruvians speak Spanish, the official national language. Even so, over 26% of the population speaks a first language other than Spanish. Quechua is the second most commonly spoken language (13%), followed by Aymara (2%), and both have official status.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Inca language. Quechua, also called Runa simi, was the language spoken by the Incas and is the native language that has spread the most throughout South America. Today it is spoken by an average of 12 million people in different regions of Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Colombia, Argentina and Bolivia.

Detailed explanation-4: -Quechua, the native tongue of the Inca civilization, completed 40 years today as an official state language in Peru. Quechua was declared an official language on May 27, 1975.

Detailed explanation-5: -Quechua is an official language in Bolivia and Peru and is spoken in 5 other countries as monther tongue by a part of the population. The Quechua language (native name: Runa Simi, Kichwa) has its roots in the Quechuan language family. With 4.38 million native speakers, Quechua has the highest prevalence in Peru.