Introduction to Quechua | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid of Quechua

San Vicente claims to be the place where outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were killed. The story goes that they robbed a mining company on November 4, 1908 and were recognized two days later in San Vicente where they took refuge in a house and engaged in a gunfight with three policemen and local authorities. Contrary to the final shootout scene in the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, one of the outlaws shot the other and then killed himself. However, a grave said to contain the remains of the Sundance Kid was exhumed and instead contained the body of Gustave Zimmer, a German.

San Vicente has a Butch and Sundance Museum and the local mining company offers tours.

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Jatuncocha (possibly from Quechua hatun (in Bolivia always jatun) big, large qucha lake, "big lake") is a lake in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru located in the Ancash Region, Huaylas Province, Santa Cruz District. It is situated at a height of 3,886m (12,749ft) comprising an area of 0.486550km2 (486,550m2). Jatunccocha lies in the Santa Cruz gorge between the peaks of Quitaraju in the north and Caraz in the south, northeast of a smaller lake named Ichiccocha (Quechua for "little lake").

The Santa Cruz Creek flows through the lake. It is a right tributary of the Santa River.

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The Ancash Quechua varieties belong to the Quechua I branch of the homonymous language family, belonging to a dialectal continuum extended in the central Peruvian Sierra from Ancash in the north to the provinces of Castrovirreyna and Yauyos in the south.

Some varieties bordering this continuum partially share morphological characteristics that distinguish the Ancash group from the other central Quechua, so it is difficult to establish a discrete limit. Among these nearby varieties are the Quechua of Bolognesi, Ocros and Cajatambo and that of the Alto Maran region in the department of Hunuco.

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Parya Chaka (Quechua parya reddish, copper or sparrow, chaka bridge, "reddish (copper or sparrow) bridge", Hispanicized spelling Pariachaca) is a mountain in the south of the Paryaqaqa or Waruchiri mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000m (16,404ft) high. It is also the name of a lake near the mountain. The mountain is located in the Lima Region, Huarochir Province, Quinti District, and in the Yauyos Province, Tanta District. It is situated southwest of Paryaqaqa. It is situated within the borders of the Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve.

The lake named Parya Chaka is west of the mountain at 120149S 760134W / 12.03028S 76.02611W / -12.03028; -76.02611. It lies in a row between Ch'uspiqucha in the northeast and P'itiqucha in the southwest.

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Unattested varieties classified by Loukotka (1968) as part of the Lule language cluster.

Tonocot - once spoken on the Bermejo River near Concepcin, Chaco.

Isistin - once spoken on the Salado River near San Juan de Valbuena, Chaco.

Oristine - once spoken on the Salado River near San Juan de Valbuena, Chaco.

Toquistin - once spoken on the Salado River near Miraflores.

Matar / Amulah - once spoken near the city of the same name on the Salado River.

Jur - extinct language of an agricultural tribe that lived on the Hondo and Salado Rivers, province of Santiago del Estero. The last survivors now speak only a Quechua dialect.

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The Corongo Province is one of 20 provinces of the Ancash Region in Peru. Its capital is Corongo located at an altitude of 3,141 m (10,305ft).

Corongo is situated in a calm valley where the river of the same name runs. It is bordered by the following provinces: to the north and to the west by Pallasca, to the east by Sihuas and to the south by Huaylas and Santa. At the time of census 2005 the province had 7,786 inhabitants, distributed in the urban zone and mainly in the countryside.

Corongo has a great variety of places to visit, especially lakes located in the high parts of the province, and the thermal baths of Aticara and Pacatqui.

The geographical coordinates are 830'34" S and 7754'37" W.

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K'isi K'isini (Aymara and Quechua expression, k'isi a stipa variety, the reduplication signifies there is a group or complex of something, the Aymara suffix -ni indicates ownership, "the one with a group of stipa", Hispanicized spelling Quisi Quisini) is a 5,536-metre-high (18,163ft) mountain in the Cordillera Occidental in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Curahuara de Carangas Municipality, Sajama Canton. K'isi K'isini is situated inside the boundaries of the Sajama National Park, south-east of the Parina Quta and Pomerape volcanoes and north of the Bolivian route 4 that leads to the ChungaraTambo Quemado mountain pass on the border with Chile.

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Usnu (Quechua for altar / a special platform for important celebrations, also spelled Ushno) is an archaeological site in Peru. It is located in the Ayacucho Region, Vilcas Huamn Province, Vilcas Huamn District, in the town Vilcashuamn. The site was declared a National Cultural Heritage (Patrimonio Cultural) of Peru on April 11, 2000.

Leon states Vilcas was a principal and very important place in the Incan kingdom. "There were beautiful buildings and a temple with great wealth." The natives, "burned the most important of them and removed the sacred women and treasures so that the Spaniards could not take advantage of them. Two royal highways, if not three, lead from this place that they call Vilcas.":287

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Thorndike became the founding editor of La Repblica in 1981. Since its founding La Repblica has remained one of Peru's main national daily newspapers.

He also served as the editor of at least two other Peruvian newspapers, La Cronica and La Tercera. Additionally, Thorndike founded Cronicawan, Peru's first nationally circulated Quechua language newspaper.

Thorndike's writings dealt primarily with the societal and political problems affecting Peru. His most well known works included "El Ao de la Barbarie en Lima" (The Year of Barbarism in Lima), "El Caso Banchero" (The Banchero Case) and "La Revolucion Imposible" (The Impossible Revolution).

Thorndike's last position was as news director of RBC Televisin, a Peruvian station. He remained news director at the station until a few months before his death.

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T'uqu Chaka (Quechua t'uqu a niche, hole or gap in the wall, chaka bridge, "niche bridge", also spelled Tokho Chaca) is a 4,164-metre-high (13,661ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Potos Department, Cornelio Saavedra Province, Tacobamba Municipality. T'uqu Chaka lies between Qiwa Qullu in the northeast and Wauma Q'asa in the southwest. It is west of the Ch'aki Mayu (Quechua for "dry river"). Its waters flow to the Pillku Mayu (Quechua for "red river").

T'uqu Chaka is also the name of the small populated place northwest of the mountain.

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Jacabamba (possibly from Quechua qaqa rock, pampa a large plain, "rock plain") is a 5,566-metre-high (18,261ft) mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Ancash Region, Asuncin Province, Chacas District, in the Carhuaz Province, Marcar District, and in the Huari Province, Huari District. Jacabamba lies between mount Copap to the north and Chinchey to the south. Lake Rurichinchay lies at its feet.

The rivers Jacabamba and Rurichinchay originate on the east side of the mountain and flow to the south-west. They belong to the watershed of the Maran River.

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Hatunqullpa (Quechua hatun big, qullpa salpeter, "big salpeter (mountain)", Hispanicized spelling Atuncollpa) is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,200 metres (17,060ft) high. It is located in the Apurmac Region, Antabamba Province, Oropesa District, and in the Cusco Region, Chumbivilcas Province, Santo Toms District. Hatunqullpa is situated north of the mountains Chankuwaa, Wayunka and Pinta Pata and south-west of the mountain Pilluni.

The Hatun Qullpa valley (Jatun Collpa) lies northeast of the mountain. The waters of its intermittent stream flow to the river Qaawimayu.

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P'aqu Urqu (Quechua p'aqu blond, fair, a color similar to gold, urqu mountain, "'blond' or slightly golden mountain", Hispanicized spelling Paco Orkho) is a 5,182-metre-high (17,001ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Potos Department, Sud Lpez Province, San Pablo de Lpez Municipality, southwest of San Pablo de Lpez. P'aqu Urqu lies between the mountains Yuraq Urqu and Yana Urqu in the northwest and Waqrayuq in the southeast.

A little river named au Mayu ("slim river", Nanu Mayu) originates northeast of the mountain. It flows to the west.

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PopulationAccording to the 1993 Census, the Ilo Province has a population of 51,481 inhabitants, 52.4% of which (26,964) are male and 47.6% (24,517) are female.

As of 2005, the Instituto Nacional de Estadstica e Informtica estimates the province's population to be 68,363.

LanguagesSpanish is spoken at home by 82% of the population; while others speak Aymara (10.6%), Quechua (6.1%), other indigenous languages (0.1%) and foreign languages (0.3%).

ImmigrationPersons originating from other regions of the country make up 51.6% of the population and 0.3% of residents were born abroad.

The largest immigrant groups come from the Puno Region (17.4% of the total population) and the Arequipa Region (15.3%).

AgeThe population is spread out, with

42.4% under the age of 20,

10.9% from 20 to 24,

31.2% from 25 to 44,

12.9% from 45 to 64, and

2.6% who are 65 years of age or older.

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Qullpa K'uchu or Qullpak'uchu (Quechua qullpa salpeter, k'uchu corner "salpeter corner", Hispanicized spelling Cullpacucho) is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,300 metres (17,388ft) high. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, La Unin Province, Puyca District, and in the Cusco Region, Chumbivilcas Province, Santo Toms District, and in the La Unin Province, Puyca District. It lies east of the mountain Minasniyuq.

The river Qaawimayu originates between the mountains Minasniyuq and Qullpa K'uchu at a height of 4,940 metres (16,207ft). It is an important tributary of the Apurmac River, the source of the Amazon River.

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Beatriz Pichi Malen (born 22 April 1953), the stage name of Norma Beatriz Berretta, is an Argentine singer of Mapuche origin. Her artistic work is related to the search, rescue and dissemination of the Mapuche culture. She has performed in different stages of the world singing in Mapudungun.

Her artistic career began around 1990, when she was invited by the Rockefeller Foundation to participate in the IV International Women's Congress in Manhattan.

First she was married to a Spanish Galician, and then, approximately in 1986, she remarried Quechua Lucho Cruz, with whom she had a daughter named Wychariy.

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Queshque (possibly from Quechua for a type of bromeliad), or Gueshgue is a 5,630-metre-high (18,471ft) mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Ancash Region, Huari Province, Chavn de Huantar District, and in the Recuay Province, Catac District.

The volume of mass loss of the three glaciers of Queshque has been documented recently. The glaciers feed Lake Qishqiqucha via the Tranca Ruri river.

The Austrian Alpine Club (OeAV) survey map represents Queshque as comprising three peaks with a different name each: Shahuanca, Jatunllacsa (the highest peak) and Gueshgue. However, tourist maps of Cordillera Blanca show this mountain with the name of Pongos.

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Limitryu Tupaq Yupanki (Spanish Demetrio Tpac Yupanaki) (22 December 1923 3 May 2018) was a Peruvian Quechua language professor (or more accurate Southern Quechua), a translator from Castilian to Quechua and journalist.

He went to Lima, where he studied Philosophy at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, and then Law at the National University of San Marcos. He worked in the newspaper La Prensa, and began teaching Quechua. Subsequently, he opened his own academy, Yachay Wasi. He also taught in the United States.

In November 2005, thanks to his work, the Quechua translation of the Spanish classic Don Quixote de la Mancha was finally published with the name Yachay sapa wiraqucha dun Qvixote Manchamantan

In 2008, his work The Quechua Course was translated into Russian by A. Skromnitsky.

He died on May 3, 2018.