Vocabulary 2: The family in Quechua

In this section we will see the nouns that refer to people and family members.

Family: Ayllu

Note that after centuries of living with the Spanish language, there are many Spanish words that are used daily in Quechua, this free course is not the place to discuss whether this is right or wrong; I only inform you to take it into account.

I am in favor of a language evolving and enriching itself by acquiring words and concepts from other languages that do not exist in Quechua (for example, what is related to technology, science and other modern things), but I don’t like what words that are perfectly understandable in Quechua are Spanishized.

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