Language Information
Spoken in: Peru (Cusco region and surrounding areas)
Number of Speakers: Approximately 1.5 million people
Language Family: Quechuan, Quechua II, Quechua IIC, Southern Quechua, Cusco-Collao
Cultural Wisdom
Quechua Cusco is a language of the former Inca capital, carrying the profound wisdom of the Andean worldview from the heart of Tawantinsuyu. Known as Runasimi (the language of people).
Message
Manan huk'uykita mikhuychu, chayqa uchuy uchuylla weakenaspa chaymantataq wañun. Sonqo chay Spiritutaqmi — mikhuykuta quway.
If you don't feed your body, it weakens and eventually dies. The soul and Spirit alike. Feed them too.