Quechua - Encyclopedia. com The term quechua refers more to the language than to a concrete ethnic group The Quechua language was the administrative language of the Inca state It is spoken by millions of people in Peru (about 8 million), Ecuador (nearly 2 million), and Bolivia (about 1 million)
Aymara - Encyclopedia. com The Aymara language, one of the three most widely spoken (with Quechua and Guaran í) Indian language in South America, belongs to the Andean-Equatorial Language Family, more specifically to the Jaqi Language Group There are three Jaqi languages: Jaqaru and Kawki, spoken only in Peru, and Aymara, spoken primarily in Bolivia and Peru
Amazonian Quechua Religions - Encyclopedia. com This is because Quechua-speaking peoples of that region and Quechua-speaking people of the Andes share a religious complex, which, in turn, is also shared with Jivaroan-speaking and Zaparoan-speaking peoples of the Upper Amazonian region This article deals with some commonalities of Quechua and Jivaroan religious concepts
South American Indians: Indians of the Modern Andes The Quechua and Aymara Indians of the Andes mountains are the largest group of Indians still existent in the New World Approximately 28 million Indians and mestizos (persons of mixed Spanish and Indian descent) live along the Pacific coast and in the Andean highlands
Guaman Poma de Ayala, Felipe (c. 1535–c. 1615) - Encyclopedia. com Educated in the Spanish language and culture, perhaps by missionaries, and well versed in Quechua, his native tongue, Guaman Poma became an interpreter in the campaigns against idol worship in the Andes (ca 1568–1571) It is very probable that he also served as interpreter in the Third Council of Lima (1583–1584)
Peru, The Catholic Church in - Encyclopedia. com Catholics contributed to the study of native languages: Domingo de Santo Tom á s, Luis Ger ó nimo de or É, gonz Á lez holgu Í n and Torres Rubio documented Quechua, while bertonio wrote on the Aymara language Convent chroniclers reflected in their works not only internal history and events but also the daily life, customs and events of
Cañari - Encyclopedia. com As of 2003, the Consejo de Desarrollo de las Nacionalidades y Pueblos de Ecuador (CONDEPE) estimates a Cañari population of 150,000 residing in 387 communities Most Cañari speak both Kichwa (Quechua) and Castilian, and dedicate themselves to subsistence farming and small-scale animal husbandry
Mita - Encyclopedia. com Clorinda Matto de Turner's 1889 novel Aves sin nido shows how forced labor in the form of pongos is extracted from Quechua speakers The pongo system has survived in fact until the present day Other regions of Latin America had similar systems of forced labor such as the tequitl in the Nahuatl-speaking territories of Central Mexico
Pre–Columbian Education - Encyclopedia. com Pre–Columbian EducationThe Aztec, Inca, and Maya of ancient America had formal educational systems Although the Inca and Maya generally restricted formal training to the nobility, the Aztecs or Mexica educated the children of each calpulli in Tenochtitlán
Crime and Punishment in Elizabethan England - Encyclopedia. com 16Crime and Punishment in Elizabethan EnglandExcerpt from The Description of England By William Harrison Originally published in 1587 Reprinted in The Renaissance in England, 1954 Source for information on Crime and Punishment in Elizabethan England: Elizabethan World Reference Library dictionary