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Peru has two official languages: Spanish and Cuzco Quechua. There are now over 8 million\u00a0 \"\"<\/a>Quechua speakers in South and Central America. Twenty-five percent of all Peruvians speak Quechua, and many of them speak no Spanish.<\/p>\n

Here are some English words derived from Quechua, which was originally the language of the Incas: coca, condor, guano, gaucho, guanaco, Inca, jerky, lagniappe, lima [bean], llama, pampa, puma, quipu, quinine, quinoa, and vicu\u00f1a.<\/p>\n

Try some Spanish language activities<\/a>. This site includes an on-line English-Spanish picture dictionary and an on-line Spanish-English dictionary, as well as information, quizzes and pictures to color!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Peru has two official languages: Spanish and Cuzco Quechua. There are now over 8 million\u00a0 <\/a>Quechua speakers in South and Central America. Twenty-five percent of all Peruvians speak Quechua, and many of them speak no Spanish. 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