"Quechua, also known as Runasimi, serves as the official language of the Tawantinsuyu, led by the Incas. It is spoken by an estimated 10 million people in South America, throughout Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, and parts of Colombia, Chile, and Argentina."
"The 2017 Census in Peru showed that 22.3% of the population aged 12 and older identified as Quechua, though only 13.9% spoke it as their first language. Systemic racism and discrimination against Indigenous non-Spanish speakers led many Quechua speakers to resist teaching their children the language."
"During the pandemic, I felt encouraged to learn Quechua, finding that music was the answer to reconnecting with our native tongue—essential in preserving this oral language."
"Peru has long been home to Andean music genres defined by their use of Quechua language—like waynos and harawis—but now there is also rap, hip-hop, and trap performed in Quechua, broadening its contemporary relevance."
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