Or Quichua or Kechua; Member of the largest group of Native Americans. The Quechua live in the Andean region. Their ancestors included the Inca, who established the Quechua language in the region. Quechua is the second official language of Peru and is widely spoken as a lingua franca in Ecuador, Bolivia, Columbia, Argentina, and Chile; it belongs to the Andean-Equatorial family.
1. A member of a South American Indian Indian people in Peru.
2. The language of the Incas; Also called: Quechuan language.