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Me re encantaría hacer material para aprender y enseñar #Millcayac y/o #Quechua pero para eso yo también debería saber más del tema.

You can buy some lovely Tshirts to support Indigenous and endangered languages

Designed by Quechua illustrator and linguist Nicaela León Coico

https://endangeredlanguages.myshopify.com/

Quechua classes
Online, Sundays 10 AM - Noon
Starts Jan. 26, ends April 20th 2025

https://watuchi.org/quechua-classes

Today's Inti Raymi, the Inkan New Year! It was founded by the ruler Pachakuteq, on 1438 following the war with the Chanka Confederation who almost defeated the Inkas. Inti Raymi is a celebration on the Winter solstice to the Sun god, Inti. It was revived by Faustino Espinoza Navarro on June 24, 1944. Not only did he act & write the script in #quechua, he later co-founded the High Academy of the Quechua Language (AMLQ). It was later recgonized as an official holiday in 1977. #indigenous #history

On 27th May, Peru celebrates Native Languages Day. 2 facts about #Quechua:

Renata Flores Rivera blends pop & traditional in her Quechua language songs to help keep the language alive.

Roxana Quispe Collantes became the first person to ever defend a thesis in Quechua in 2019.

The term "maíz" is directly derived from the Taíno word "mahiz".

http://mapologies.com/el-atlas

"Elote" has its origins in Nahuatl, spoken by the Aztecs in Mesoamerica.

In South America, "choclo", comes from the Quechua language, spoken in the Andes.

Incan-Andean and Aztec philosophers alike believe in balance between extremes. In Quechua it is called yanantin. In Nahuatl, it's ometecuhtli-omecihuatl. And, both teach that ethics creates philosophy, not the reverse. Andean philosopher Hugo Chacón writes

“Being is explained as associative renewal, one works their individuality and independence from the profundity of human associations… Andean being is unintelligible without gatherings”.

United Nations Failed #Indigenous in #Peru: #CopperMining and Electric Vehicles Mean Death

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, October 24, 2023

"Indigenous mothers from the Amazon in Peru told the United Nations that they were being shot by the army from helicopters, their children were being murdered, and they were being stalked home from protests to defend their land from mining.

"The United Nations failed them, refused to make them a priority, reduced their pleas to a series of numbers in their report, and failed to tell the world that the United States government sent its military in June to bolster the illegal regime that was killing them.

"An Indigenous from Peru told the United Nations Human Rights Committee in October that the people were disappointed that the murder of their leaders was not included in the United Nations report."

Full article:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2023/10/united-nations-failed-indigenous-in.html

New Amauta classes are BACK!
Sign-up deadline is July 23rd at 11:59pm [Linktr.ee/NewAmauta]

Decolonize everything you knew about our history, philosophy, heroes, and the Indigenous Andes! Take classes from a Quechua-Aymara philosopher and educator

No HW, no tests, only learning
Everyone is welcome!

[Quechua] Inkaq wawankuna kanchis, chhaynatataqmi purisun

[English] We're children of the Incas and we'll walk like them

We're writing Indigenous literature in our own languages! #indigenous #quechua #decolonize

You should know this Indigenous trans woman:

Gahela Cari is a trans Afro-Andean woman from #quechua parents. She's the most visisble trans leader in #peru, appearing prominently against Manuel Merino’s failed legislative takeover in 2020. She’s also a leader of the party Nuevo Peru and attempted a campaign as the 1st #Native trans woman for congress. Her proposals were to expand trans & cis women’s rights and local agriculture. And, she continues her work today
#indigenous #trans #lgbtq

One of Indigenous Peru's greatest books was just translated into Quechua!

José Carlos Mariátegui's Indigenist masterpiece "Seven Interpetive Essays on Peruvian Reality" (1928) has just translated into #quechua after 96 years since publication. Mariátegui's book has been a guidebook for #indigenous peoples in Peru and #latinamerica since the 1920s. This is amazing news for #nativeamerican peoples across the continent.

I just discovered Lenin Tamayo, a #Peruvian singer who blends #KPop with #Andean music & the #Quechua language!

His Amaru album will have three tracks, each with four previously unreleased songs. Each track will be anchored in Inca mythology: Kay Pacha (the world of the living), Uku Pacha (the lower world) and Hanan Pacha (the celestial realm).

https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-06-06/lenin-tamayo-the-k-pop-revolution-in-quechua.html

Here's 1 of his songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct3-HKydQTo

Nothing beats the smell of a book hot off the press But why buy the hardcopy when you can read it #OpenAccess for free here? @langscipress https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/332

En #CostaRica se usa la palabra «chinear» que significa consentir o tratar con cariño.

Resulta que es un costarriqueñismo que viene de la palabra "china" en #quechua, que significa "hembra" o "sirvienta" usado para niñeras.

Que no se nos olvide que tenemos raíces colonialistas y racistas, personalmente quizás no hemos cometido actos de explotación y violencia, pero disfrutamos los frutos de los de nuestros antepasados. Es parte de nuestra historia que dista mucho de lo que nos enseñaron