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Quechuan languages
Jumat, 2026-04-24 10:58:04

Quechua, sometimes written Quichua or Ketchua, is a group of languages spoken by 8 million people in the South American nations of Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador...

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Quechuas
Minggu, 2026-04-05 07:28:50

Quechuas is the term used for several ethnic groups in South America that use a Quechua language (mainly Southern Quechua). They belong to several ethnic...

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Arequipa Region
Minggu, 2024-01-28 23:46:52

Arequipa (Aymara: Ariqipa; Quechua: Ariqipa) is a region in Peru. The capital city is also named Arequipa. This short article about a place or feature...

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Cusco
Selasa, 2025-07-29 05:51:35

Alternate spellings include Qusqu (in old Quechua), Cuzco, (after the Spanish arrived), and Qosqo current Quechua. Cusco is the preferred way to spell it...

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Cajamarca Region
Jumat, 2023-09-29 22:55:21

Cajamarca (Spanish pronunciation: [kaxaˈmaɾka]; Quechua: Kashamarka; Aymara: Qajamarka) is a region in the northern part of Peru. The capital is the city...

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Inca Empire
Rabu, 2026-07-08 01:36:11

or king of the Inca people. The Inca Empire was called Tawantinsuyo in Quechua, which means "four regions". It was the largest empire in the Americas...

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Chaco Province
Senin, 2024-01-01 19:01:04

here are below the poverty line. Chaco is from the word chacú. It is a Quechua word used for hunting by the people of the Inca Empire. "República Argentina...

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Totora
Sabtu, 2024-06-01 03:51:34

6 m (20 ft). It commonly reaches 4 m (13 ft). The name comes from the Quechua language. Iltis, A., and P. Mourguiart (1992). Higher Plants: Distribution...

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Quinoa
Kamis, 2025-07-31 02:11:46

Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa; (/ˈkiːnwɑː/ or /kɪˈnoʊ.ə/, from Quechua kinwa or kinuwa) is a species of goosefoot (Chenopodium). It is a grain-like crop...

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Ancash Region
Minggu, 2025-01-12 07:26:53

Ancash (Quechua: Anqash; Spanish: Áncash; pronounced [ˈaŋkaʃ]) is a Peruvian region north of Lima. It borders the Pacific Ocean. Huaraz, its capital city...

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Bolivia
Selasa, 2026-04-07 08:15:13

Bolivia is named after Simón Bolívar. The main languages are Spanish and Quechua, but there are other languages too. Bolivia used to be a colony of Spain...

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Latacunga
Selasa, 2024-04-09 09:10:48

Latacunga (Spanish pronunciation: [lataˈkuŋɡa]; Quechua: Latakunga) is a plateau town of Ecuador, capital of the Cotopaxi Province, 89 km (55 mi) south...

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Mapudungun
Kamis, 2025-04-17 08:39:23

languages. It may have come from the Mapudungun word pontro or from the Quechua word punchu. M. Crevels (2007): South America, in Encyclopedia of the world’s...

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Taray District
Kamis, 2025-07-24 09:52:45

Q'asa Wanakawri Yana Qaqa Many people in the district are indigenous Quechua. Quechua is the language most used in childhood (86.14%). 13.37% of people started...

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Riobamba
Minggu, 2023-09-24 19:44:17

(Spanish pronunciation: [rjoˈβamba], full name San Pedro de Riobamba; Quechua: Rispampa) is the capital of the Chimborazo Province in central Ecuador...

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Promoucaes
Senin, 2025-01-20 00:31:55

Promoucaes, Promaucaes, Promaucas or Purumaucas (Quechua: puruma auca: wild people); were a pre-Columbian Mapuche tribe that lived in Chile, from the...

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Cotopaxi National Park
Rabu, 2026-08-05 09:10:57

January 2016. The word "cotopa" means "smooth neck of the moon" in Quechua: Quechua q'oto "throat" + Aymara phakhsi "moon." The volcano is named Cotopaxi...

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Solanum quitoense
Senin, 2020-11-02 04:36:51

"little orange") in Ecuador and Panama and as lulo ([ˈlulo], from Quechua) in Colombia, is a perennial plant (fruit) found in South America. It appears...

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Peru
Kamis, 2026-08-06 23:36:59

Spanish is still the main language of the people, although many also speak Quechua, the Inca language. List of rivers of Peru Machu Picchu Manú National Park...

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Sweet potato
Jumat, 2026-07-24 10:58:14

name of the potato, batata. The Spanish combined the word batata with the Quechua word for potato, papa, to create the word patata for the common potato...

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Imbabura Province
Senin, 2026-05-04 10:27:01

is Ibarra. The people of the province speak Spanish and the Imbaburan Quechua language. The summit of Cotacachi Volcano at an elevation of 4,944 metres...

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To Give Welfare Foundation Dasbien
Jumat, 2026-07-03 02:45:29

headquarters are located in Lima, Peru. It also promotes native languages such as Quechua, Aymara and Awajun in Latin American countries such as Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador...

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Ambato, Ecuador
Senin, 2024-08-05 21:11:53

Ambato (Spanish pronunciation: [amˈbato]; full form, San Juan de Ambato; Quechua: Ampatu Llaqta) is a city located in the central Andean valley of Ecuador...

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Castrovirreyna Province
Minggu, 2024-05-26 02:58:37

(Santa Ana) Tantara (Tantara) Ticrapo (Ticrapo) Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent live in this place. Spanish is the language which the majority...

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Altiplano
Jumat, 2026-03-06 01:14:46

The Altiplano (Spanish for "high plain"), Collao (Quechua and Aymara: Qullaw, meaning "place of the Qulla") or Andean Plateau, is the largest high plateau...

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Quipu
Senin, 2025-04-21 09:20:32

strings are often used to encode numbers. The word "quipu" comes from a Quechua word meaning 'knot' or 'to knot'. Urton, Gary (2003). Signs of the Inka...

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Pachacuti
Senin, 2025-04-21 09:21:05

Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui (or Pachacutec; Quechua: Pachakutiq, whose name means "He who remakes the world" was the ninth Sapa Inca (1438-1471/1472) of the...

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Jerky
Sabtu, 2023-05-13 22:05:45

meat has finished the dehydrating process. The word jerky is from the Quechua word ch'arki. The word means "dried, salted meat". Store-bought jerky often...

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Luzmila Carpio
Minggu, 2025-11-02 02:03:47

importance of women, and indigenous culture. Carpio began recording songs in Quechua. She then moved to Paris in 1980 to spread awareness of her culture. Her...

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Sapa Inca
Senin, 2022-12-12 02:49:37

the Inca emperor. Sapa Inca means "The Great Inca" or "The Only Inca" in Quechua, the Inca language. According to legend, the first Sapa Inca, Manco Cápac...

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Kallawaya language
Sabtu, 2026-08-08 20:21:12

words from Puquina, a language that is no longer spoken, and grammar from Quechua, the main language spoken in the region. The speakers call the language...

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Pampas
Jumat, 2026-07-24 15:57:56

called the Pampas Plain, are fertile South American lowlands. It is from a Quechua word meaning "plain." It covers more than 750,000 km2 (289,577 sq mi)....

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Bamba
Senin, 2013-03-11 19:38:23

musical instrument - see Music of Aruba Bamba, alternate spelling for Quechua word "Pampa", meaning plain. Bambera, a Spanish cante or song form associated...

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Felipe Quispe
Kamis, 2024-05-02 09:12:59

Felipe Quispe Huanca "Mallku" (Quechua language: "condor"; 22 August 1942 – 19 January 2021) was a Bolivian historian and political leader. He was the...

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Guinea pig
Senin, 2026-06-15 03:48:31

food, in some places people think guinea pigs keep bad spirits away. In Quechua, the language of some the native tribes of Peru, they are called quivi...

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Argentina
Rabu, 2026-06-03 05:02:50

languages are spoken. There are minorities speaking Italian, German, English, Quechua and even Welsh in Patagonia. In eastern Argentina is Buenos Aires, the...

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Lake Titicaca
Jumat, 2026-04-10 04:10:01

Lake Titicaca (Quechua: Titiqaqa Qucha, "Titiqaqa Lake") is a large, deep lake in the Andes mountains. The eastern part is in Bolivia and the western...

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Potato
Selasa, 2026-05-12 03:46:54

Spanish word is a hybrid of the Taíno batata ('sweet potato') and the Quechua papa ('potato'). Yukon Gold – developed in Canada Norgleam Bismark Coliban...

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Bowler hat
Kamis, 2025-07-17 07:21:06

"the Derby Kid". The bowler, called a bombín in Spanish, has been worn by Quechua and Aymara women since the 1920s, when it was introduced to Bolivia by...

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American (word)
Jumat, 2024-09-06 03:31:00

Portuguese, and Spanish. Some people still use Native American languages. Quechua is the largest. This short article about the United States can be made...

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Q'orianka Kilcher
Senin, 2025-10-20 10:36:10

raised in Hawaii. Q'Orianka's father is from Peru and he belongs to the Quechua/Huachipaeri, while her mother is of Swiss descent by way of Alaska. Her...

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Agglutinative language
Minggu, 2025-02-23 10:12:10

languages Muskogean languages Northeast and Northwest Caucasian languages Quechua languages and Aymara Siouan languages, namely Lakota and Yuchi some Mesoamerican...

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History of the Americas
Senin, 2025-05-12 18:22:51

later evolved and spawned such cultures as Iroquois on North America and Quechuas of South America. These cultures later developed into civilizations. In...

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Machu Picchu
Senin, 2026-06-01 14:35:54

can also walk along the Inca Trail, or take a train from Cusco. In the Quechua Indian language, “Machu Picchu” means “Old Peak” or “Old Mountain.” Machu...

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National anthem of Bolivia
Minggu, 2025-07-13 08:30:59

Coro Impera Oficial (2021-08-12). "Himno Nacional de Bolivia en Aimara Quechua y Guaraní". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2022-01-03. Retrieved...

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Amaru Yupanqui
Jumat, 2024-06-14 05:57:48

Amaru Topa Inca, also known as Amaru Inca Yupanqui, (Quechua: Amaru Tupaq Inka) was an Inca prince and co-ruler of the Hanan dynasty, who reigned around...

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Hispanic America
Jumat, 2026-07-17 09:12:14

official status with one or more indigenous languages (such as Guaraní, Quechua, Aymara, or Mayan) or English (in Puerto Rico), and Roman Catholicism is...

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Native American
Minggu, 2026-07-26 22:40:55

people in Bolivia belong to indigenous groups. Many of them are Aymara and Quechua. Peru has a large indigenous population, around 80% of the country's population...

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Google Translate
Rabu, 2026-07-29 23:30:41

(Brazil) Portuguese (Portugal) Punjabi (Gurmukhi) Punjabi (Shahmukhi) Quechua Q'eqchi Romani Romanian Rundi Russian Sami (North) Samoan Sango Sanskrit...

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Decimal
Jumat, 2025-04-11 07:18:44

system have special words for teens and decades. Incan languages such as Quechua and Aymara have an almost straightforward decimal system, in which 11 is...

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Ollanta Humala
Minggu, 2025-01-19 16:41:01

affiliated with the ethnocacerist movement, Humala is the son of famed Quechua labour lawyer Isaac Humala. Humala entered the Peruvian Army in 1981, eventually...

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Martín Chambi
Kamis, 2025-04-24 22:50:44

the photographs." - Martín Chambi, 1936 Martín Chambi was born in a poor Quechua family. He was born in one of the poorest parts of Peru, at the end of...

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Hyloxalus maquipucuna
Senin, 2024-09-09 23:42:45

the place where they found it: Reserva Maquipucuna. "Maquipuncuna" is a Quechua word that means "a valley that looks like two human hands making a cup...

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Lingua franca
Kamis, 2025-06-19 07:01:59

Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, Yiddish In Pre-Columbian America: Chinook Jargon, Nahuatl, Quechua, Tupi Pidgins and creoles: Guinea-Bissau Creole, Tok Pisin For some of...

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Basilio
Sabtu, 2023-07-15 23:15:44

Santa Cruz Pumacallao (a.k.a. Pumaqallo or Pumacalla, 1635–1710), Peruvian Quechua painter Basilio Villarino (1741–1785), Spanish naval officer; sailed around...

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Bambi
Minggu, 2026-05-24 16:29:40

Occitan: Bambi Persian: بامبی (Bambi) Polish: Bambi Portuguese: Bambi Quechua: Bambi Romanian: Bambi Russian: Бэмби (Bambi) Serbian: Бамби (Bambi) Sicilian:...

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Ecuador
Kamis, 2026-01-22 08:44:17

city Guayaquil Official languages Spanish Recognised regional languages Quechua Shuar others Other languages German English Chinese French Arabic Demonym(s)...

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List of Wikipedias
Sabtu, 2026-05-16 03:21:48

Saraiki Arab skr 24,646 19 22 November 2020 Quechua Wikipedia Qhichwa Wikipidiya Quechua (Southern Quechua [en]) Latn qu 24,545 36 January 2003 (unknown...

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South America
Rabu, 2026-07-08 22:52:02

State of Bolivia 1,098,581 km2 (424,164 sq mi) 12,186,079 11 Sucre Spanish Quechua Aymara Brazil Federative Republic of Brazil 8,515,770 km2 (3,287,960 sq mi)...

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Human history
Senin, 2026-08-03 15:38:18

regions in Quechua, only lasted for about 100 years as the arrival of the Spaniards in 1532 conquered them. Their main language was Quechua, but as the...

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ISO 639-1
Minggu, 2025-10-12 05:01:29

فارسی fa Polish polski pl Pashto, Pushto پښتو ps Portuguese Português pt Quechua Runa Simi, Kichwa qu Romansh rumantsch grischun rm Kirundi kiRundi rn Romanian...

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List of languages by writing system
Selasa, 2026-08-11 03:19:26

Oromo (formerly written in the Ge'ez script) Palauan Polish Portuguese Quechua Romanian (formerly used a Cyrillic alphabet) Romansh Samoan Scots Serbian...

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ISO 639-2
Senin, 2025-07-28 18:13:38

Macrolanguage Living qaa-qtz qaa-qtz Reserved for local use Local que que qu Quechua Macrolanguage Living qwe Quechuan (family) Collective raj raj Rajasthani...

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Voiced palatal lateral approximant
Selasa, 2026-05-19 18:47:31

[sɐ̃ˈda̠l̠ʲɐ] 'sandal' Possible realization of post-stressed /li/ plus vowel. Quechua qallu [qaʎʊ] 'tongue' Romanian Transylvanian dialects lingură [ˈʎinɡurə]...

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Voiced palatal nasal
Sabtu, 2026-05-23 17:01:06

sonhar [ˈsõ̞ɲaɾ] 'to dream' European arranhar [ɐʁɐ̃ˈn̠ʲaɾ] 'to scratch' Quechua ñuqa [ˈɲɔqɑ] 'I' Romanian Transylvanian dialects câine [ˈkɨɲe̞] 'dog' Scottish...

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Francisco Pizarro
Rabu, 2026-07-08 03:16:53

Signature Military service Nickname(s) Apu ("chief" in Quechua) or Machu Capitan ("Old Captain" in Quechua) Allegiance  Spanish Empire Years of service 1496–1542...

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List of ISO 639-1 codes
Selasa, 2025-05-20 02:18:11

macrolanguage Indo-European Portuguese Português pt por por por Quechuan Quechua Runa Simi, Kichwa qu que que que + 43 macrolanguage Indo-European Romansh...

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List of language regulators
Selasa, 2022-10-11 14:59:11

Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy) Quechua  Peru High Academy of the Quechua Language (Qheswa simi hamut'ana kuraq suntur) Romanian...

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Windows 10
Senin, 2026-07-27 00:01:19

Português (Portugal) - Portuguese (Portugal) Română - Romanian Runasimi - Quechua Sesotho sa Leboa - Northern Soto Setswana - Tswana Shqip - Albanian Slovenčina...

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List of countries by continents
Kamis, 2026-07-23 05:56:10

Argentine peso 2 Bolivia Sucre La Paz 11,748,292 1,088,000 km² Spanish Quechua Aymara Boliviano 3 Brazil Brasilia 206,376,100 8,515,370 km² Portuguese...

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List of languages
Kamis, 2026-08-06 15:29:43

Q’eqchi’ Qashqai or Ghashghai (Turkic) Quebec Sign Language (Signing) Quechua (Peru) Qui (India) Rajasthani (Indo-Aryan) Ratagnon or Datagnon or Latagnun...

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Yma Sumac
Minggu, 2026-03-01 13:22:07

1938. She took the stage name Yma Sumac which means "how beautiful" in Quechua. Her first album, Voice of the Xtabay (1950), reached number one in the...

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Peruvian Americans
Sabtu, 2024-09-14 03:07:49

Metropolitan Area Languages American English Peruvian Spanish Aymara and Quechua Religion Major Roman Catholicism Related ethnic groups Peruvians, Ecuadorian...

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Bolivian Americans
Rabu, 2021-12-08 08:08:32

Queens, NY Providence, RI Languages American English Spanish Aymara and Quechua Religion Predominantly Roman Catholic, Protestant, Atheist, Non religious...

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Deaths in January 2021
Sabtu, 2026-07-18 17:55:50

team) and manager (Leones Negros), COVID-19. Felipe Quispe, 78, Bolivian Quechua politician and Indigenous rights activist, Leader of the CSUTCB and 2005...

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Google Search
Minggu, 2026-07-26 23:48:57

Pashto Persian Polish Portuguese (Brazil) Portuguese (Portugal) Punjabi Quechua Romanian Romansh Runyakitara Russian Scots Gaelic Serbian Serbo-Croatian...

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Argentine Declaration of Independence
Senin, 2024-11-04 04:26:27

Declaration of Independence of the United Provinces of South America, in Spanish and Quechua...

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Amazonas Region
Jumat, 2025-12-19 16:26:34

Province Quechua Aymara Asháninka Another native language Spanish Foreign language Deaf or mute Total Bagua 131 15 16 16,108 49,881 3 122 66,276 Bongará...

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Oruro Department
Minggu, 2026-07-26 11:45:17

census)  • Total 494,178  • Density 9.2/km2 (24/sq mi) Time zone UTC-4 (BOT) ISO 3166-2 BO-O Languages Spanish, Quechua, Aymara Website www.oruro.gob.bo...

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Tungurahua
Minggu, 2023-09-24 20:02:40

4700; -78.4447 Naming English translation Throat of fire Language of name Quechua Geography Location Ecuador Parent range Cordillera Oriental, Andes Topo...

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Tarija Department
Minggu, 2021-12-26 09:30:05

 • Density 13/km2 (33/sq mi) Languages (speakers)  • Spanish 365,710  • Quechua 37,337  • Aymara 7,219  • Guaraní 4,578 ISO 3166 code BO-T Capital Tarija...

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OneDrive
Senin, 2025-11-17 07:26:34

Portuguese (Brazil) Portuguese (Portugal) Punjabi (Gurmukhi) Punjabi (Pakistan) Quechua Romanian Russian Scottish Gaelic Serbian (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Serbian...

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Viceroyalty of Perú
Jumat, 2024-10-11 19:08:06

Spanish colony Capital Lima Common languages Official: Spanish; commons: Quechua, Aymara, Puquina. Religion Roman Catholicism Government Monarchy King  ...

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Tupac Huallpa
Senin, 2024-12-23 04:15:59

generate navbox*** Top A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Jauja, Peru Quechua Auqui Huallpa Túpac Dynasty Hanan Qusqu Father Huayna Cápac...

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Rhinella
Rabu, 2023-05-17 10:07:07

Rhinella pygmaeus (Myers & Carvalho, 1952) Rio Parahyba Toad Rhinella quechua (Gallardo, 1961) Incachaca Toad Rhinella roqueanus (Melin, 1941) Rhinella...

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Salve, Oh Patria
Rabu, 2024-11-13 23:24:57

Quechua translation Shuar translation Coro: Sumak llakta kantami napanchik Kuyaywan, kuyaywan, Kanka tukuy shunkuwan kushikuy Ñuka kuyay intita yallinmi...

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List of countries in the Americas by area
Senin, 2024-05-13 10:32:33

Spanish 8  Bolivia 1,098,581 km² 1,038,000 km² 60,581 km² Spanish Aymara Quechua 9  Venezuela 912,050 km² 890,050 km² 32,000 km² Spanish Excludes Guayana...

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