But the language's status began to decline following the Spanish conquest of Peru. Though Spanish authorities initially tolerated Quechua, they banned it following an Indigenous rebellion in 1781.

THE son of European refugees, Peru’s president, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, is fluent in Spanish, English, German and French. He does not speak any of the country’s 47 indigenous languages. Yet his ...

Lima, Jun 24 (EFE). — When the last Taushiro speaker dies, the language will never be heard again in the Peruvian jungles.Officials are working to prevent cultural tragedies like t… ...

Jaqaru: Campaign launched to protect dying Peruvian language from extinction 'If we lose Jaqaru, then we lose our entire culture, and then we are nothing' ...

A Peruvian doctoral student writes, presents and defends her thesis in the Indigenous Incan language of Quechuan.

Isabela Moner learned an indigenous Peruvian language for her role in "Dora the Explorer," set to be released in August.

LONGMONT — Success comes in many forms. And, as brothers and Peruvian natives Jay and David Minaya have learned, many languages. The pair have opened a third outlet of their business, Spanish ...

Teacher Carmen Cazorla writes in the Quechua Indigenous language during a class on medicinal plants at a public primary school in Licapa, Peru, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021. “For 500 years Spanish ...