Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2006, 14(4):116-120 | DOI: 10.18267/j.aop.122

The Quechua language

Olga Vilímková
PhDr. Olga Vilímková; Katedra románských jazyků, Fakulta mezinárodních vztahů, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze.

The Quechua language is a life language which is used in Andes area of Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador. Its vocabulary, gramatic rules, pronontiation and a written form are diferent in various areas. The Quechua language is an aglutinative language, it means we add suffixes to the basic word which can be cumulated. Every suffix has the only one expression - it designate e.g. pet name, appropriation, number, question..... . The Quechua languege express gramatic rules e.g. by nouns singular and plural, relationes pronounced by cases, verb tenses..., using suffixes. The paper contents a short review of gramatic. The article mentions the relation between Quechua and Aymara languages as well.

Keywords: Quechua language, agglutinative language, the Quechua nation, Incas

Published: December 1, 2006  Show citation

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Vilímková, O. (2006). The Quechua language. Acta Oeconomica Pragensia, 14(4), 116-120. doi: 10.18267/j.aop.122
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