Language · Quechuan
Quechua
Runasimi – its own name
Official or co-official in 1 country. Listed in 3 countries.
Endangerment: threatened according to Glottolog (AES, CC BY 4.0)
- Speakers (estimate)
- c. 12 million
- sum over countries per CLDR, including second-language users
- Family
- Quechuan
- Script
- Latin
Place in the family tree
- Quechuan
- Southern Quechua
- Cuscan Quechua
- Quechua
Nodes of the Glottolog tree (Glottolog, CC BY 4.0).
Where it is spoken
- Co-official 1
- Official in a region 1
- Legally recognised 1
Co-official
-
Bolivia
32%
3.9 million
Legal basis: Constitution of Bolivia (Constitución Política del Estado, 7 February 2009), art. 5(I) – Chamber of Deputies text
Official in a region
-
Peru
15%
4.9 million
Official wherever it predominates (art. 48).
Legal basis: Constitution of Peru (1993), art. 48 – Constitute Project, English translation
Legally recognised
-
Ecuador
17%
3.1 million
Under the Constitution an official language “for intercultural ties”, not equal to Spanish; other indigenous languages are in official use in their areas.
Legal basis: Constitution of Ecuador (2008), art. 2 – Constitute Project, English translation