Langenesis

Quechua family

Proto-Quechua

c. 0 CE – 600 CE Reconstructed

Proto-Quechua (c. 0 CE – 600 CE) is the reconstructed ancestor of the Quechua language family, with 6 descendant languages and stages on the map.

See Proto-Quechua on the interactive map

Reconstructed ancestor of Quechuan, probably spoken in central Peru. Torero and Cerrón-Palomino place the first split (Quechua I vs. II) in the first millennium CE; the dates are uncertain.

Descendants 2

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