Quechuan is an English word with synonyms like indian or amerind. Below you'll find 5 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Quechuan in a sentence
Quechuan meaning
Of or pertaining to the Quechua people or language.
Synonyms of Quechuan
Using Quechuan
- The main meaning on this page is: Of or pertaining to the Quechua people or language.
- Useful related words include: kechuan, indian, american indian, american-indian language.
- In the example corpus, quechuan often appears in combinations such as: quechuan languages, the quechuan.
Context around Quechuan
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Quechuan
- In this selection, "quechuan" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, languages and word stand out and add context to how "quechuan" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include from the quechuan word yapay and in all quechuan languages the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "quechuan" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with quechuan
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Cognates This is a sampling of words in several Quechuan languages:main pronunciation? (13 words)
In all Quechuan languages the evidential will not appear in a dependent clause. (13 words)
The word lagniappe comes from the Quechuan word yapay ("to increase; to add") with the Spanish article la in front of it, la yapa or la ñapa in Spanish. (29 words)
Language main Most Ecuadorians speak Spanish, though many speak Amerindian language, such as Kichwa (also spelt Quichua), which is one of the Quechuan languages and is spoken by approximately 2.5 million people in Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru. (39 words)
In 1985, a variation of this system was adopted by the Peruvian government; it uses the Quechuan three-vowel system: Inka, Wayna Qhapaq, Qullasuyu, Mama Uqllu, Wiraqucha, khipu, tampu, kuntur. (30 words)
The word lagniappe comes from the Quechuan word yapay ("to increase; to add") with the Spanish article la in front of it, la yapa or la ñapa in Spanish. (29 words)
Cognates This is a sampling of words in several Quechuan languages:main pronunciation? (13 words)
Example sentences (5)
Cognates This is a sampling of words in several Quechuan languages:main pronunciation?
In 1985, a variation of this system was adopted by the Peruvian government; it uses the Quechuan three-vowel system: Inka, Wayna Qhapaq, Qullasuyu, Mama Uqllu, Wiraqucha, khipu, tampu, kuntur.
In all Quechuan languages the evidential will not appear in a dependent clause.
Language main Most Ecuadorians speak Spanish, though many speak Amerindian language, such as Kichwa (also spelt Quichua), which is one of the Quechuan languages and is spoken by approximately 2.5 million people in Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru.
The word lagniappe comes from the Quechuan word yapay ("to increase; to add") with the Spanish article la in front of it, la yapa or la ñapa in Spanish.
Common combinations with quechuan
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: