Quechua, also called Runa simi in Southern Quechua, is an indigenous language family that originated in central Peru and thereafter spread to other countries of the Andes. Derived from a common ancest
Vocabulary of the general language of the Indians of Peru, called Quichua (1560). From Domingo de Santo Tomás, the first writer in Quechua.
Act of Argentine Independence, written in Spanish and Quechua (1816)
Aymara is an Aymaran language spoken by the Aymara people of the Bolivian Andes. It is one of only a handful of Native American languages with over one million speakers. Aymara, along with Spanish and
Quechuan languages
…one among many peoples in present-day Peru who already spoke a form of Quechua, which in the Cuzco region particularly has been heavily influenced by Aymara, hence some of the characteristics that still distinguish the Cuzco form of Quechua today. Diverse Quechua regional dialects and languages had already…
Declaration of Independence of the United Provinces of South America (present-day Argentina) in Spanish and Aymara
"A Helping Hand in Time of Crisis," from the United States Information Agency, 1958