Peru's public TV airs first news programme in Quechua

[Judi Lynn]

13 December 2016


Peru's public broadcaster, TV Peru, has begun broadcasting its first ever news programme in Quechua, the ancient indigenous language spoken by some eight million people in the Andes.

The hour-long programme, entitled Nuqanchik (We), airs on weekdays at 05:30 on radio and TV.

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Quechua was spoken by the indigenous people of Peru before the arrival of the Spaniards in the 16th Century.

It was declared a national language alongside Spanish in the 1970s but Peruvians say there is still a strong social stigma attached to speaking it.


http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-38301253

[Judi Lynn]

1. Can Michael Jackson make the Quechua language cool?

Can Michael Jackson make the Quechua language cool?

13 August 2015 Last updated at 00:02 BST


Renata Flores is a 14-year old Peruvian girl whose cover version of Michael Jackson's 'The way you make me feel' is a bit different.


It's in the Quechua language - once spoken by the Incas. Millions of people across the Andes speak the language, but there are signs its image is declining among younger people. Can Renata's YouTube hit change that?

- video at link -

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33890924

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