A Peruvian immigrant looks out from her window at a poor neighbourhood, during a general quarantine amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Santiago, Chile. Quechua spread across southern Latin America with the Incan Empire five centuries ago and is at present spoken by some 10 million people, 3.7 million of them in Peru, where it is one of three official languages. — Reuters
LIMA: Homesick Peruvians around the world in coronavirus lockdowns have been logging online in rising numbers to learn Quechua, the Andean language spoken by the Inca people.
Qorichaska Quispe, whose first name means "Golden Bird" in Quechua, told Reuters there had been a six-fold increase in hits on her "Vive el Quechua" Facebook page this April compared to last year, with students logging on from Peru but also Europe, Asia and elsewhere in South America.
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