Kichwa

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Kichwa (Kichwa shimi, Runashimi, also Spanish Quichua) is a Quechuan language including all Quechua varieties spoken in Ecuador and Colombia (Inga) by approximately 2,500,000 people. Kichwa belongs to the Northern Quechua group of Quechua II (according to Alfredo Torero).

Kichwa syntax has undergone some essential changes and therefore holds a special position within Quechua.

A unified orthography (Kichwa Unificado, Shukyachiska Kichwa) has been developed.

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