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Quichua

[ keech-wah, -wuh ]

noun

, plural Quich·uas, (especially collectively) Quich·ua.


Quichua

/ ˈkɪtʃwə /

noun

  1. a variant of Quechua


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Their dialect, the Cauqui, contains many radical words of the Quichua language.

In the southern parts of the country, particularly about Cuzco, the Quichua is spoken.

In Quichua poetry, the lines are short, and seldom thoroughly rhythmical.

Of the Quichua, Quiteña, and Lama languages several grammars and dictionaries exist.

In parenthesis it should be added that Quichua verse is still cultivated artificially in Peru and Ecuador.

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