Talk:Quechua language
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I only have one source, unfortunately not handy at the moment, for the assertion that the Quechua (and Spanish) word chompa came first and the English jumper came second. Most English dictionaries say it went in the other direction, but the word apparently is truly a Quechua word, and the English dictionaries do not provide a convincing etymology for jumper. My source says Spanish sailors got it from Quechua and English sailors got it from Spanish sailors. Ortolan88
Can someone back "perfectly regular"? My intro linguistics instructor (20 years ago, and this was a side note to something else) said that this applied to only one dialect of Quechua, and when a student called out "spoken on the north side of the river" the professor said "yes, actually." Vicki Rosenzweig
I have no idea about Quechua but this change: - (cur) (last) . . 22:48, 28 Jun 2003 . . 4.72.9.5
seems to be an mistake. The british word 'jumper' might be a loanword, from the Quetchua word 'chompa'. But i can't believe that 'sweater' is a loanword. Probably someone wanted to get rid of british english at the wrong place.
- I commented this out pending further confirmation. -- Viajero 12:00, 28 Oct 2003 (UTC)
Name change
Someone wants to move this page to Quechua but hasn't started a discussion of the question, so I'm starting it. I vote:
- Oppose. It's standard practice at Wikipedia to use the word "language" in an article on a language, even if the name is unambiguously a language. --Angr/ 07:43, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Oppose. The name is frequently used for an ethnic group. See, e.g., Bolivia. DanKeshet 17:53, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)
- Agree. I pst request. Ther's no "Quechua" people, those porcents talks about its language, off course, but in South America half of natives don't speak its proper language. --Huhsunqu 21:29, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- So, I'm not disagreeing about whether there's a "Quechua" people, but I want to understand what you think is meant when Bolivia says that 33% of the Bolivian population is Quechua. Does that mean they speak Quechua? What "peoples" speak Quechua? DanKeshet 23:35, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)
- [[Bolivia article needs an urgent revision. For example it says that it's motto is Firme y Feliz por la union (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bolivia&oldid=15428260) while its really motto is Morir antes que esclavos vivir. About what peoples speak Quechua, if you're reffering about which etnic groups, you most remember that in South America there's a great mixing of cultures, so there aren't any ethnic Quechua. --Huhsunqu 04:59, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Template:Notmoved violet/riga (t) 18:03, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)