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Quechuas (also Runakuna, Kichwas, and Ingas) is the collective term for several indigenous ethnic groups in South America who speak a Quechua language (Southern Quechua mainly), belonging to several ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia and Argentina. The Quechuas of Ecuador call themselves as well as their language Kichwa–Kichwas or Quichuas. In Colombia, the Kichwa-speaking group calls themselves the Ingas. Other Quechua speakers call themselves ''runakuna'' (Quechua for "people", in Junín and parts of Ancash, Peru: ''nunakuna''; singular: ''runa'' or ''nuna''). Some historic Quechua peoples include: *Inca; Tawantinsuyu Empire (largest Pre-Columbian Empire) *Chancas (in Huancavelica, Ayacucho, and Apurímac, Peru); *Huancas (in Junín, Peru; spoke Quechua before the Incas did); and *Cañaris (in Ecuador; adopted the Quechua language from the Inca). ==Historical and sociopolitical background== The speakers of Quechua, who total some 2.5 million people in Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile, Colombia and Argentina, have so far only slightly developed a common sense of identity. The various Quechua dialects are in some cases so different that no mutual understanding is possible. Quechua was not only spoken by the Incas, but in some cases also by long-term enemies of the Inca Empire. These include the Huanca (Wanka is a Quechua dialect spoken today in the Huancayo area) and the Chanka (the Chanca dialect of Ayacucho) of Peru, and the Kañari (Cañar) in Ecuador. Quechua was spoken by some of these people, for example, the Wanka, before the Incas of Cusco, while other people, especially in Bolivia but also in Ecuador, adopted Quechua only in Inca times or afterward. Quechua became Peru’s second official language in 1969 under the military regime of Juan Velasco Alvarado. Recently there have been tendencies toward nation building among Quechua speakers, particularly in Ecuador (Kichwa) but also in Bolivia, where there are only slight linguistic differences from the Peruvian version. An indication of this effort is the umbrella organization of the Kichwa peoples in Ecuador, ECUARUNARI (''Ecuador Runakunapak Rikcharimuy''). Some Christian organizations also refer to a “Quechua people,” such as the Christian shortwave radio station HCJB, "The Voice of the Andes" (''La Voz de los Andes'').〔(CUNAN CRISTO JESUS BENDICIAN HCJB ): "El Pueblo Quichua".〕 The term “Quechua Nation” occurs in such contexts as the name of the Education Council of the Quechua Nation (''Consejo Educativo de la Nación Quechua'', CENAQ), which is responsible for Quechua instruction or bilingual intercultural schools in the Quechua-speaking regions of Bolivia.〔(Consejo Educativo de la Nación Quechua: Quienes somos ), (Consejo Educativo de la Nación Quechua / Qhichwa Suyu Yachachiymanta Umalliq: Currículo Regionalizado de la Nación Quechua, Sucre 2012 )〕 Some Quechua speakers claim that if nation states in Latin America had been built following the European pattern, they should be a single, independent nation. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Quechua people」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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