 
 <prompt> Quechua, wey dem sabi as runa simi ("people's language"), na one indigenous language family, with different variations wey people wey dey speak am be Quechua people, wey dey live for the Andes and highlands of South America. E come from one common ancestral language, e be the language family wey dey widely spoken by indigenous people for the Americas, with total of probably some 8–10 million people wey dey speak am. Approximately 13% of Peruvians dey speak Quechua. E be say e dey popular for being the main language of the Inca Empire, and e spread well well by the colonizers during their time.

Quechua don spread well well for different parts of the central Andes before the Inca Empire come expand. The Inca na just one of the many people for present-day Peru wey don dey speak different forms of Quechua. For the Cusco area, Quechua don get influence from local languages like Aymara. The Cuzco type of Quechua come develop as something wey dey different. For similar ways, different dialects come develop for different areas, based on the local languages wey dey exist, when the Inca Empire dey rule and impose Quechua as the official language.

After the Spanish people conquer the Inca Empire for the 16th century, Quechua still dey used well well by the indigenous people as the "common language." E be say the Spanish people recognize am officially and many of them learn am so dem fit communicate with the local people. The Catholic Church clergy come adopt Quechua to use am as the language for evangelization. Based on how the Catholic missionaries dey use am, the reach of Quechua still dey expand for some areas. <response>: 1. Quechua
2. runa simi
3. people language
4. Quechua people
5. for Andes
6. yes
7. 8–10 million
8. 13%
9. \being the main language of the Inca Empire
10. 16th
11. yes
12. the Catholic Church
13. yes
14. Aymara, Cuzco
15. Peru 