Norman said:From Wikepedia
The Inca Empire (Tawantinsuyu in Quechua) ...
zoomar said:Since the Inca originated among the Quechua (both an ethnic and lingusitic group), it is reasonable to presume that they may also have referred to themselves as "Quechua" as opposed to ther tribes and linguistic groups they ruled.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/9860/ketxua.html said:The Quechua people call themselves Runa, "the people".
http://muweb.millersville.edu/~columbus/data/spc/GRANBER1.SPK said:Inca Unitary life still survives in the Andean highlands of Peru, where the Group transcends the individual and village and family welfare comes first. They still call themselves Runa, The People, and look forward to a time when their time-honored values will once again govern their land. They refer to Quechua as Runa Simi, Human Speech, and to Spanish as Alqo Simi, Animal Language.
Duncan said:But do the Quechua call themselves Quechua?
fortyseven said:Don't people call themselves whatever "people" is in their own language.
Duncan said:Absolutely. I understand that the people we call "Americans" actually refer to themselves as "The Folks". And my own people, though called "English" by ignorant foreigners, call ourselves "JollyGoodChaps" in our own dialect.