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Language family of the Andes in South America
1 finale. Andes portal Languages of Peru Andes Quechua People Aymara language List of English words of Quechuan origin Quechuan and Aymaran spelling shift
Quechuan_languages
different regional variants. Southern Quechua comes from the family of Quechuan languages. There are seven variations present that are marked by their geographical
Languages_of_Argentina
Proto-language of the Quechuan language family
proto-language is being considered for merging. › Proto-Quechuan is the hypothetical proto-language that would have given rise to the various languages of
Proto-Quechuan_language
Language family of the central Andes of South America
Haki) and Aimara. Quechuan languages, especially those of the south, share a large amount of vocabulary with Aymara, and the languages have often been grouped
Aymaran_languages
Mayan languages Kekchi and K'iche' of Guatemala and Yucatec of Mexico, with about 1 million apiece; and perhaps one or two additional Quechuan languages in
Indigenous languages of the Americas
Indigenous_languages_of_the_Americas
Proposed language family of South America
merging. › Quechumaran or Kechumaran is a language family proposal that unites Quechua and Aymaran. Quechuan languages, especially those of the south, share
Quechumaran_languages
Colombians speak the Spanish language. Sixty-five Amerindian languages, two Creole languages, the Portuguese language and the Roma language are also spoken in the
Languages_of_Colombia
Orthography reform for indigenous place names
official spelling for place-names originating from Aymara and the Quechuan languages. A standardized alphabet for done Quechua[clarification needed] was
Quechuan and Aymaran spelling shift
Quechuan_and_Aymaran_spelling_shift
Fictional languages and scripts
exploitative move best made by one whose first language was Quechua, if at all". A language based on the Quechuan languages, Huttese is a lingua franca in the Star
Languages_in_Star_Wars
Quechuan language of Ecuador and Colombia
Kichwa (Kichwa shimi, Runashimi, also Spanish Quichua) is a Quechuan language that includes all Quechua varieties of Ecuador and Colombia (Inga), as well
Kichwa_language
Indigenous people of South America
Indigenous peoples in Ecuador Indigenous peoples of Peru Inkarrí Kichwa Quechuan languages Secret of the Incas, movie with conversation and singing in Quechua
Quechua_people
the Bolivian Sign Language (closely related to the American Sign Language). Indigenous languages and Spanish are official languages of the state according
Languages_of_Bolivia
Extinct language of South America
that built Tiwanaku. A Puquina substrate can be found in the Quechuan and Spanish languages spoken in the south of Peru, mainly in Arequipa, Moquegua and
Puquina_language
Highly inflected language with many morphemes per word
language Chibchan languages Aymaran languages Quechuan languages (possible) Tupi–Guaraní languages Arawakan languages Many Amazonian languages Mapudungun many
Polysynthetic_language
Kichwa variety of Ecuador
Province Ethnicity Kichwa people Language family Quechuan Quechua II Northern Kichwa Chimborazo Highland Quichua Language codes ISO 639-3 qug Glottolog chim1302
Chimborazo_Highland_Quichua
history of language into ancient times and the Neolithic. The distribution of languages has changed substantially over time. Major regional languages like Elamite
Evolution_of_languages
Now there are translations of the complete Bible into six specific Quechuan languages, according to Ethnologue, and two additional translations into Quechua
Bible translations into Native South American languages
Bible_translations_into_Native_South_American_languages
Pre-Columbian Andean civilization
form of Proto-Quechuan, reasoning that the Quechuan languages' highly regular morphology and syntax compared to surrounding languages would have been
Chavín_culture
Head of the Catholic Church since 2025
Latin. During his time in Peru, Leo learned a little of one of the Quechuan languages. He has described himself as "quite the amateur tennis player", and
Pope_Leo_XIV
South American psychoactive decoction
traditional medicine and shamanism. The word ayahuasca, originating from Quechuan languages spoken in the Andes, refers both to the B. caapi vine and the psychoactive
Ayahuasca
Country in South America
main spoken language is Spanish, although a significant number of Peruvians speak Quechuan languages, Aymara, or other Indigenous languages. This mixture
Peru
Indigenous language of South America
these provinces. The expansion of the Aymaran language family predates the expansion of the Quechuan language family across the southern Peruvian Andes.
Aymara_language
Historical forms of Quechua
Press, 2007 Adelaar, W. F.H. 2012. Languages of the Middle Andes in areal-typological perspective: Emphasis on Quechuan and Aymaran. In: L. R. Campbell &
Classical_Quechua
distinguish: Individual language Macrolanguages The Type column distinguishes: Living languages Historical languages Constructed languages (with indications
List of ISO 639 language codes
List_of_ISO_639_language_codes
Fictional character from Star Wars
references: Attributed to multiple references: Huttese was based on the Quechuan languages. Attributed to multiple references: "Hutt" was originally spelled
Jabba_the_Hutt
Indigenous language of the central Andes of South America
more than 5 million speakers. The term Southern Quechua refers to the Quechuan varieties spoken in regions of the Andes south of a line roughly east–west
Southern_Quechua
Quechua variety of Lambayeque, Peru
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Lambayeque_Quechua
Spanish term to indicate mixed ancestry
Indigenous languages regardless of ancestry. In 20th- and 21st-century Peru, the nationalization of Quechuan languages and Aymaran languages as "official
Mestizo
Group of people indigenous to the Ecuadorian Amazon
Kichwa, due to its lack of uvular consonants, in contrast to other Quechuan languages. Ethnologue estimated 408,000 speakers of Amazonian Kichwa in 2011
Amazonian_Kichwas
City in Peru
Cajamarca (Spanish pronunciation: [kaxaˈmaɾka]), also known by the Quechua name, Kashamarka, is the capital and largest city of the Cajamarca Region as
Cajamarca
Inkuyo is a multicultural musical ensemble that performs Andean music arranged by Gonzalo Vargas. Vargas is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger
Inkuyo
Topics referred to by the same term
in Peru Quechuan languages, an Indigenous South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language Southern
Quechua
Language of Colombia, spoken by the Muisca
enclosures (ca) and animals of the region. Colombia portal Language portal Quechuan languages Spanish conquest of the Chibchan Nations Muisca numerals,
Muisca_language
Quechua-language hip-hop singer, songwriter
Liberato Kani, is a Quechua-language hip-hop singer and songwriter. Through his work, he is also a cultural and Indigenous Languages activist. Liberato Kani
Liberato_Kani
Pre-Columbian South American spiritual markers
In the Quechuan languages of South America, a huaca or wak'a is an object that represents something revered, typically a monument of some kind. The term
Huaca
Surname list
Yupanqui is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Amaru Yupanqui, elder brother of Túpac Inca Yupanqui Atahualpa Yupanqui (1908–1992), Argentine
Yupanqui
Name list
Tupac, Túpac or Tupaq (Quechua "a royal thing") is a defunct title used (similarly to Ras in the Ethiopian Empire) by the former Peruvian Inca Empire,
Tupac_(name)
Language family of South America
groups. Remnants of the single, ancestral Puquina language can be found in the Quechuan and Spanish languages spoken in the south of Peru, mainly in Arequipa
Puquina_languages
Quechua drama
rey); since then different versions have been published in a variety of languages. It was first assumed that Antonio Valdés, priest of Sicuani, was the
Ollantay
Creator deity in Inca mythology
Huiracocha (Spanish:Ticsi Viracocha) may have several meanings. In the Quechuan languages, tiqsi means "origin" or "beginning", wira means fat, and qucha means
Viracocha
Surname
Quispe is a common Quechua surname and, more rarely, given name. The word (qispi in Southern Quechua and kishpi in Kichwa) means "free". Diego Quispe Tito
Quispe
Peruvian linguist
development of the Quechuan languages. He has also made outstanding contributions to the study of the Aymara, Mochica and Chipaya languages. He pursued his
Rodolfo_Cerrón-Palomino
Hypothesized variety of Classical Quechua
— Willem F. H. Adelaar (2022, p. 107) Quechuan languages Classical Quechua Chincha culture Ichma culture Kichwa language Yauyos–Chincha Quechua Cerrón-Palomino
Coastal_Quechua
Quechua dialect cluster
Quechua. Yauyos Quechua omits several distinctions present in other Quechuan languages. The orthography used below is the one used in A Grammar of Yauyos
Yauyos_Quechua
Quechua variety of Peru
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Chachapoyas_Quechua
Mixed Kichwa–Spanish language of Ecuador
described as a variety of either Kichwa or Spanish. Arends et al., list two languages subsumed under the name Media Lengua: Salcedo Media Lengua and Media Lengua
Media_Lengua
Functional part of speech in most languages
Russian, Indonesian, Turkish, Hungarian, Arabic, Hebrew, Geʽez and Quechuan languages consistently drop the copula in present tense: Bengali: আমি মানুষ
Copula_(linguistics)
Quechua dialect of Peru
the various dialects of Quechua, many of which have been marginalized. Quechuan and Aymaran spelling shift Huallaga Quechua test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia
Huallaga_Quechua
Racist foundations of Nazism
to be a Viking empire because of some coincidences in Quechuan languages and Nordic languages, especially because he believed that Inca folklore contained
Nazi_racial_theories
Andean cosmological concept
concrete places, and not ethereal otherworlds". In contemporary Quechuan languages, pacha means "place, land, soil, region, era, totality, space, time
Pacha_(Inca_mythology)
Protected area in the San Juan Province, Argentina
Heritage Sites. The name Ischigualasto is derived from the extinct Cacán language, spoken by an indigenous group referred to as the Diaguita by the Spanish
Ischigualasto_Provincial_Park
Topics referred to by the same term
Empire Quechua people, the people of the Inca civilization Inca language, the Quechuan languages Sapa Inca or Inka, the main ruler of the Inca Empire Glacinei
Inca_(disambiguation)
1438–1533 empire in South America
Other languages included Quignam, Jaqaru, Leco, Uru-Chipaya languages, Kunza, Humahuaca, Cacán, Mapudungun, Culle, Chachapoya, Catacao languages, Manta
Inca_Empire
Quechuan (Peru) hymn (early 1600s)
than Bocanegra, who also happened to be the chief examiner of native languages for the Archdiocese of Cuzco. The piece has been recorded extensively
Hanacpachap_cussicuinin
residing in established big cities, there are also speakers of distinct Quechuan dialects of Peru. Rapa Nui: Used by 7,006 speakers in 2024, majority of
Languages_of_Chile
Endangered mixed language of Bolivia
Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Bolivia languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International. Loukotka
Kallawaya_language
Geological formation in Argentina
the formation. The name Ischigualasto is derived from the extinct Cacán language, spoken by an indigenous group referred to as the Diaguita by the Spanish
Ischigualasto_Formation
American operatic soprano (1946–2012)
Aeneas. In December 1970 she performed text in the Aztec, Mayan, and Quechuan languages as the soprano soloist in Alberto Ginastera's Cantata para America
Sherry_Zannoth
Language dialect of Quechua
the Verbal Morphology of the Languages of the Americas. Retrieved 13 October 2018. Adelaar, Willem (2004). "3". The Languages of the Andes. Cambridge, UK:
North_Junín_Quechua
Feature of language
Japonic languages (Japanese, Hachijō, Ryukyuan languages) Kherwarian languages Koreanic languages (Korean, Jeju) Classical Latin Lakota Mande languages Mongolian
Subject–object–verb word order
Subject–object–verb_word_order
Language in the Quechua family
sketch of a Peruvian Quechua Dialect (Pacaraos)". The Languages of the Andes. Cambridge Language Surveys. With the collaboration of Pieter C. Muysken.
Pacaraos_Quechua
Kichwa-language radio station in the U.S.
Hatari is the first Kichwa-language radio station in the United States, broadcasting in a variation of the Quechua language spoken by indigenous Ecuadorean
Kichwa_Hatari
Dormant language of Bolivia
Arawakan languages. Morris Swadesh (1959, 1962) grouped Itonama with the Quechuan languages. Joseph Greenberg's 1987 classification in his book Language in
Itonama_language
Quechuan languages of northern Peru
Lowland Peruvian Quechua, or Chachapoyas–Lamas Quechua, are Quechuan languages spoken in the lowlands of northern Peru. The two principal varieties are:
Lowland_Peruvian_Quechua
Andean culture community organisation
with the aim of raising awareness of the importance of language rights for Indigenous Languages speakers and to recognize the work of educators using digital
Quechua_Alliance
This is a list of languages arranged by age of the oldest existing text recording a complete sentence in the language. It does not include undeciphered
List of languages by first written account
List_of_languages_by_first_written_account
Dutch linguist
Quechua, Aymara and Mapuche languages. His main works are his 2004 The languages of the Andes, an overview of the indigenous languages of the Andean region,
Willem_Adelaar
songs, written in the composer's native language of French and occasionally featuring words in Quechuan languages, is the last of three song cycles for
Harawi_(Messiaen)
South American Indigenous people
of the Quechuan languages. The Qulla of the northern Altiplano near Titicaca, however, appear to have originally spoken the Puquina language, also the
Qulla
Quechua variety of Peru
Cajatambo and that of the Alto Marañón region in the department of Huánuco. Quechuan and Aymaran spelling shift Corongo at Ethnologue (24th ed., 2021) Huaylas
Ancash_Quechua
in various languages. Many languages of the world (including most Austronesian languages, many East Asian languages, the Quechuan languages, and the Uralic
Gender neutrality in languages with gendered third-person pronouns
Gender_neutrality_in_languages_with_gendered_third-person_pronouns
Language family of northern Peru
that there are lexical similarities with the Quechuan, Arawakan, Candoshi-Shapra, Puquina, and Cariban language families due to contact. Shawi or Chawi (also
Cahuapanan_languages
Linguistic notion of claims' support
American languages) Three-term systems: B1. visual sensory, inferential, reportative (e.g. Aymara, Shastan languages, Qiang languages, Maidu, most Quechuan languages
Evidentiality
Southern Quechua dialect of Argentina
presence of the language in other provinces of northeastern Argentina and in Buenos Aires. It is 81% similar to other Quechuan languages. There are radio
Santiagueño_Quechua
Surname list
Chihuán is a surname, and may refer to: Leyla Chihuán - Peruvian Congresswoman and former volleyball player Andy Vidal Chihuán - Peruvian football player
Chihuán
Common spoken languages in South America
The languages of South America can be divided into three broad groups: the languages of the (in most cases, former) colonial powers, primarily Spanish
Languages_of_South_America
Surname list
Apaza is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Gonzalo Olid Apaza [Wikidata] (born 1992), Argentinian association football player Gregoria
Apaza
Dialect of Southern Quechua
classified Quechua as a language family as opposed to one language with many dialects. Though it is believed that all Quechuan languages descended from a single
South_Bolivian_Quechua
Chilean rebel
alleged mistreatment of prisoners. The term ñusta comes from the Quechuan languages and (also spelled ñust'a) was a name for princesses in the Inca Empire
Ñusta_Huillac
Peru has many languages in use, with its official languages being Spanish, Quechua and Aymara. Spanish was introduced by conquistadors in the 1500s; it
Languages_of_Peru
Period of the history of Chile, 1817–1823
possidetis of 1810. Capital Santiago Common languages Spanish (official) Indigenous languages (Quechuan languages, Aymara, Mapudungun, Kawésqar, Yaghan) Government
New_Fatherland
Group of Quechuan languages of Peru
Quechua B, is one of the two branches or genealogical groups of the Quechua languages. It is composed of a great diversity of linguistic varieties distributed
Quechua_I
Topics referred to by the same term
Humala may refer to: Ollanta Humala (born 1963), former Peruvian president Antauro Humala, Peruvian military commander Isaac Humala (born 1936), Peruvian
Humala_(disambiguation)
Huaman (Quechua language, waman falcon[3] or variable hawk[4]) is a Quechuan surname. It may refer to: Felipe Huaman Poma de Ayala, colonial Quechua nobleman
Huaman
Extinct language of Peru
illegible. In the earliest dictionary of any Quechuan language, two peculiar words with no other Quechuan-language equivalents are found: guaxme 'fisherman'
Quingnam_language
Sedimentary basin located in the Argentine Northwest
The Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin (Spanish: Cuenca de Ischigualasto-Villa Unión) is a small sedimentary basin located in the Argentine Northwest, Argentina
Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin
Ischigualasto-Villa_Unión_Basin
Quechua variety of Peru
Peruvian subgroup of the Northern Quechua, or Kichwa ("Quechua II-B") language group. Marinerell Park, Nancy Weber, Víctor Cenepo S. (1975): Diccionario
Lamas_Quechua
Quechua dialect cluster of Peru
(25th ed., 2022) Adelaar, Willem. The Languages of the Andes. With the collaboration of P.C. Muysken. Cambridge language survey. Cambridge University Press
Alto Pativilca–Alto Marañón–Alto Huallaga Quechua
Alto_Pativilca–Alto_Marañón–Alto_Huallaga_Quechua
Quechua variety of Peru
Wanka Quechua (Wanka Limay, Wanka Nunashimi) is a Quechuan language (part of the Quechua languages), spoken in the southern part of Peruvian region of
Wanka_Quechua
like "Cancha" (Stadium) or "Palta" (avocado) have their origin in Quechuan languages. According to the 2010 census, the Quecha People would be composed
Ethnic_groups_of_Argentina
Town in Neuquén, Argentina
of electric energy by a small dam located in the area. The word Chañar comes from the Quechuan language name for a kind of bush (chical in Spanish).
San_Patricio_del_Chañar
Quechua variety of Peru
never spoken throughout the Cajamarca Department, where other indigenous languages like Kulyi, Jivaroan, or Mochica were spoken. Cajamarca Quechua is severely
Cajamarca_Quechua
Surname list
Villca is a surname, and may refer to: Andrés Villca – Bolivian politician Lino Villca Delgado – Bolivian politician Óscar Soliz Villca – Bolivian professional
Villca
Araucanian language
around 1000 CE. There is a more recent lexical influence from the Quechuan languages (pataka 'hundred', warangka 'thousand'), associated with the Inca
Mapudungun
Quechua varieties of Peru
grammar and dictionary in 1976. According to the UNESCO World Atlas of Languages in Danger, Cajamarca Quechua is severely endangered. Cajamarca Quechua
Cajamarca–Cañaris_Quechua
Kichwa dialect of Columbia
(link) Moseley, Christopher; Nicolas, Alexandre. "Atlas of the world's languages in danger". unesdoc.unesco.org. Retrieved 11 July 2022. Parks, Roger (1990)
Inga_Kichwa
Alphabet used to write the Quechuan languages
Achahala) is based on the Latin alphabet. It is used to write the Quechuan languages. The Quechua alphabet has been use in Peru since 1975, following the
Quechua_alphabet
Surname list
Mamani is a surname, and may refer to: Abdoulaye Mamani (1932–1993), Nigerian poet, novelist and trade unionist Mohammad Reza Mamani (born 1982), Iranian
Mamani
Surname list
Huancahuari is a surname, and may refer to: Huancahuari derives from huanca which means rock in Quechua or in reference to Huanca people and huari which
Huancahuari
Surname list
Chumpitaz is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Héctor Chumpitaz (born 1943), Peruvian footballer Tito Chumpitaz (born 1967), Peruvian
Chumpitaz
QUECHUAN LANGUAGES
QUECHUAN LANGUAGES
Female
Native American
Native American Quechua name TAMAYA means "in the center."
Surname or Lastname
English and Dutch
English and Dutch : from Latin Marcus, the personal name of St. Mark the Evangelist, author of the second Gospel. The name was borne also by a number of other early Christian saints. Marcus was an old Roman name, of uncertain (possibly non-Italic) etymology; it may have some connection with the name of the war god Mars. Compare Martin. The personal name was not as popular in England in the Middle Ages as it was on the Continent, especially in Italy, where the evangelist became the patron of Venice and the Venetian Republic, and was allegedly buried at Aquileia. As an American family name, this has absorbed cognate and similar names from other European languages, including Greek Markos and Slavic Marek.English, German, and Dutch (van der Mark) : topographic name for someone who lived on a boundary between two districts, from Middle English merke, Middle High German marc, Middle Dutch marke, merke, all meaning ‘borderland’. The German term also denotes an area of fenced-off land (see Marker 5) and, like the English word, is embodied in various place names which have given rise to habitational names.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Marck, Pas-de-Calais.German : from Marko, a short form of any of the Germanic compound personal names formed with mark ‘borderland’ as the first element, for example Markwardt.Americanization or shortened form of any of several like-sounding Jewish or Slavic surnames (see for example Markow, Markowitz, Markovich).Irish (northeastern Ulster) : probably a short form of Markey (when not of English origin).
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : status name or occupational name from Middle English, Old French maresc(h)al ‘marshal’. The term is of Germanic origin (compare Old High German marah ‘horse’, ‘mare’ + scalc ‘servant’). Originally it denoted a man who looked after horses, but by the heyday of medieval surname formation it denoted on the one hand one of the most important servants in a great household (in the royal household a high official of state, one with military responsibilities), and on the other a humble shoeing smith or farrier. It was also an occupational name for a medieval court officer responsible for the custody of prisoners. An even wider range of meanings is found in some other languages: compare for example Polish Marszałek (see Marszalek). The surname is also borne by Jews, presumably as an Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames.As the fourth chief justice of the U.S., John Marshall (1755–1835) was the principal architect in consolidating and defining the powers of the Supreme Court. He was a descendant of John Marshall of Ireland, who settled in Culpeper Co., VA, sometime before 1655.
Female
Native American
Native American Quechua name NAIRA means "big eyes."
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : patronymic from the personal name John. As an American family name, Johnson has absorbed patronymics and many other derivatives of this name in continental European languages. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988.)Johnson is the second most frequent surname in the U.S. It was brought independently to North America by many different bearers from the 17th and 18th centuries onward.
Surname or Lastname
English, French, and German
English, French, and German : from the vernacular form of the Hebrew personal name Yehuda ‘Judah’ (of unknown meaning). In the Bible, this is the name of Jacob’s eldest son. It was not a popular name among Christians in medieval Europe, because of the associations it had with Judas Iscariot, the disciple who betrayed Christ for thirty pieces of silver. Among Jews, however, the Hebrew name and its reflexes in various Jewish languages (such as Yiddish Yude) have been popular for generations, and have given rise to many Jewish surnames.French : name for a Jew, Old French jude (Latin Iudaeus, Greek Ioudaios, from Hebrew Yehudi ‘member of the tribe of Judah’).English : from a pet form of Jordan.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Matthew. In North America, this form has assimilated numerous vernacular derivatives in other languages of Latin Mat(t)hias and Matthaeus.Irish (Ulster and County Louth) : used as an Americanized form of McMahon.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the male personal name Manasseh, Hebrew Menashe ‘one who causes to forget’ (see Manasse), borne in the Middle Ages by Christians as well as by Jews. Hebrew Menashe and its reflexes in other Jewish languages have always been popular among Jews.English : occupational name for someone who made handles for agricultural and domestic implements, from an agent derivative of Anglo-Norman French mance ‘handle’ (Old French manche, Late Latin manicus, a derivative of manus ‘hand’).
Surname or Lastname
English, German, French, Jewish (Ashkenazic), Lithuanian, Czech and Slovak (Jonáš), and Hungarian (Jónás)
English, German, French, Jewish (Ashkenazic), Lithuanian, Czech and Slovak (Jonáš), and Hungarian (Jónás) : from a medieval personal name, which comes from the Hebrew male personal name Yona, meaning ‘dove’. In the book of the Bible which bears his name, Jonah was appointed by God to preach repentance to the city of Nineveh, but tried to flee instead to Tarshish. On the voyage to Tarshish, a great storm blew up, and Jonah was thrown overboard by his shipmates to appease God’s wrath, swallowed by a great fish, and delivered by it on the shores of Nineveh. This story exercised a powerful hold on the popular imagination in medieval Europe, and the personal name was a relatively common choice. The Hebrew name and its reflexes in other languages (for example Yiddish Yoyne) have been popular Jewish personal names for generations. There are also saints, martyrs, and bishops called Jonas venerated in the Orthodox Church. Ionas is found as a Greek family name.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : respelling of Yonis, with Yiddish possessive -s.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Jacob. As an American surname this name has absorbed cognates from other languages, for example Danish, Norwegian, and Dutch Jacobsen and Swedish Jacobsson.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a pet form of the female personal name Elizabeth. Compare Hibbs 2.English : nickname for someone with very fair hair or skin, from Middle English, Old English lilie ‘lily’ (Latin lilium). The Italian equivalent Giglio was used as a personal name in the Middle Ages. In English and other languages there has also been some confusion with forms of Giles.English : habitational name from places called Lilley, in Hertfordshire and Berkshire. The Hertfordshire place was named in Old English as ‘flax-glade’, from līn ‘flax’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. The Berkshire name is from Old English Lillinglēah ‘wood associated with Lilla’, an Old English personal name.
Surname or Lastname
English, Welsh, German, etc.
English, Welsh, German, etc. : ultimately from the Hebrew personal name yÅÌ£hÄnÄn ‘Jehovah has favored (me with a son)’ or ‘may Jehovah favor (this child)’. This personal name was adopted into Latin (via Greek) as Johannes, and has enjoyed enormous popularity in Europe throughout the Christian era, being given in honor of St. John the Baptist, precursor of Christ, and of St. John the Evangelist, author of the fourth gospel, as well as others of the nearly one thousand other Christian saints of the name. Some of the principal forms of the personal name in other European languages are Welsh Ieuan, Evan, Siôn, and Ioan; Scottish Ia(i)n; Irish Séan; German Johann, Johannes, Hans; Dutch Jan; French Jean; Italian Giovanni, Gianni, Ianni; Spanish Juan; Portuguese João; Greek IÅannÄ“s (vernacular Yannis); Czech Jan; Russian Ivan. Polish has surnames both from the western Slavic form Jan and from the eastern Slavic form Iwan. There were a number of different forms of the name in Middle English, including Jan(e), a male name (see Jane); Jen (see Jenkin); Jon(e) (see Jones); and Han(n) (see Hann). There were also various Middle English feminine versions of this name (e.g. Joan, Jehan), and some of these were indistinguishable from masculine forms. The distinction on grounds of gender between John and Joan was not firmly established in English until the 17th century. It was even later that Jean and Jane were specialized as specifically feminine names in English; bearers of these surnames and their derivatives are more likely to derive them from a male ancestor than a female. As a surname in the British Isles, John is particularly frequent in Wales, where it is a late formation representing Welsh Siôn rather than the older form Ieuan (which gave rise to the surname Evan). As an American family name this form has absorbed various cognates from continental European languages. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988.)
Surname or Lastname
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, etc.
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, etc. : from the Latin personal name Lucas (Greek Loukas) ‘man from Lucania’. Lucania is a region of southern Italy thought to have been named in ancient times with a word meaning ‘bright’ or ‘shining’. Compare Lucio. The Christian name owed its enormous popularity throughout Europe in the Middle Ages to St. Luke the Evangelist, hence the development of this surname and many vernacular derivatives in most of the languages of Europe. Compare Luke. This is also found as an Americanized form of Greek Loukas.Scottish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Lùcais (see McLucas).As a French name Lucas has been recorded in Canada since 1653, taken to Trois Rivières, Quebec, by one Lucas-Lépine from Normandy.
Female
Native American
 Native American Quechua name NINA means "fire." Compare with other forms of Nina.
Surname or Lastname
English, French, Danish, Dutch, and German
English, French, Danish, Dutch, and German : from a short form of the personal name Matthias (see Matthew) or any of its many cognates, for example Norman French Maheu.English, French, Dutch, and German : from a nickname or personal name taken from the month of May (Middle English, Old French mai, Middle High German meie, from Latin Maius (mensis), from Maia, a minor Roman goddess of fertility). This name was sometimes bestowed on someone born or baptized in the month of May; it was also used to refer to someone of a sunny disposition, or who had some anecdotal connection with the month of May, such as owing a feudal obligation then.English : nickname from Middle English may ‘young man or woman’.Irish (Connacht and Midlands) : when not of English origin (see 1–3 above), this is an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Miadhaigh ‘descendant of Miadhach’, a personal name or byname meaning ‘honorable’, ‘proud’.French : habitational name from any of various places called May or Le May.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : habitational name from Mayen, a place in western Germany.Americanized spelling of cognates of 1 in various European languages, for example Swedish Ma(i)j.Chinese : possibly a variant of Mei 1, although this spelling occurs more often for the given name than for the surname.Cape May, at the mouth of Delaware Bay, is named after the Dutch explorer Cornelius Jacobsen May.
Surname or Lastname
Americanized spelling of German Ludwig, Czech LudvÃk, Polish Ludwik, or cognates in other European languages.English
Americanized spelling of German Ludwig, Czech LudvÃk, Polish Ludwik, or cognates in other European languages.English : habitational name from Ludwick Hall in Bishops Hatfield, Hertfordshire, probably named from the Old English personal name Luda + Old English wÄ«c ‘outlying (dairy) farm’.
Surname or Lastname
English and French (Léonard)
English and French (Léonard) : from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements leo ‘lion’ (a late addition to the vocabulary of Germanic name elements, taken from Latin) + hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’, which was taken to England by the Normans. A saint of this name, who is supposed to have lived in the 6th century, but about whom nothing is known except for a largely fictional life dating from half a millennium later, was popular throughout Europe in the early Middle Ages and was regarded as the patron of peasants and horses.Irish (Fermanagh) : adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Mac Giolla Fhionáin or of Langan.Americanized form of Italian Leonardo or cognate forms in other European languages.The French Léonard family were at Château Richer, Quebec, by 1698, having come from Maine, France.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : from the Middle English personal name Ma(t)thew, vernacular form of the Greek New Testament name Matthias, Matthaios, which is ultimately from the Hebrew personal name Matityahu ‘gift of God’. This was taken into Latin as Mat(t)hias and Matthaeus respectively, the former being used for the twelfth apostle (who replaced Judas Iscariot) and the latter for the author of the first Gospel. In many European languages this distinction is reflected in different surname forms. The commonest vernacular forms of the personal name, including English Matthew, Old French Matheu, Spanish Mateo, Italian Matteo, Portuguese Mateus, Catalan and Occitan Mateu are generally derived from the form Matthaeus. The American surname Matthew has also absorbed European cognates from other languages, including Greek Mathias and Mattheos.It is found as a personal name among Christians in India, and in the U.S. is used as a family name among families from southern India.
Male
Native American
Native American Quechua name WAYRA means "wind."
Surname or Lastname
English and Welsh
English and Welsh : patronymic from the Middle English personal name Jon(e) (see John). The surname is especially common in Wales and southern central England. In North America this name has absorbed various cognate and like-sounding surnames from other languages. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988).
QUECHUAN LANGUAGES
QUECHUAN LANGUAGES
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Ophir, OFIR means "gold" or "reducing to ashes."
Male
Greek
Variant spelling of Greek Demetrios, DIMITRIOS means "loves the earth" or "follower of Demeter."
Male
English
Variant spelling of English/Scottish Jamie, JAMEY means "supplanter."
Girl/Female
Scandinavian American German
Womanly; strength. Feminine of Karl.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Boy/Male
Arabic, Farsi, Indian, Iranian, Muslim, Parsi
A Character in Shahnameh; Kindness
Boy/Male
Indian, Persian
To Restrain; The Conqueror; Exotic Name for Ankush
Male
English
Famous and Brilliant
Boy/Male
English
Warring friend.
Girl/Female
Irish
Knows the sea.
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n.
The language of the ancient Germans; the Teutonic languages, collectively.
n.
The ancient language of the Hindoos, long since obsolete in vernacular use, but preserved to the present day as the literary and sacred dialect of India. It is nearly allied to the Persian, and to the principal languages of Europe, classical and modern, and by its more perfect preservation of the roots and forms of the primitive language from which they are all descended, is a most important assistance in determining their history and relations. Cf. Prakrit, and Veda.
a.
Containing, or consisting of, three languages; expressed in three languages.
n.
A change of the natural order of words in a sentence; as, the Latin and Greek languages admit transposition, without inconvenience, to a much greater extent than the English.
n.
Same as Tsetse. U () the twenty-first letter of the English alphabet, is a cursive form of the letter V, with which it was formerly used interchangeably, both letters being then used both as vowels and consonants. U and V are now, however, differentiated, U being used only as a vowel or semivowel, and V only as a consonant. The true primary vowel sound of U, in Anglo-Saxon, was the sound which it still retains in most of the languages of Europe, that of long oo, as in tool, and short oo, as in wood, answering to the French ou in tour. Etymologically U is most closely related to o, y (vowel), w, and v; as in two, duet, dyad, twice; top, tuft; sop, sup; auspice, aviary. See V, also O and Y.
n.
One of the three surd mutes /, /, /; -- so called in relation to their respective middle letters, or medials, /, /, /, and their aspirates, /, /, /. The term is also applied to the corresponding letters and articulate elements in other languages.
n.
The languages, or rather the several dialects, which were originally forms of popular or vulgar Latin, and have now developed into Italian. Spanish, French, etc. (called the Romanic languages).
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an extensive family of languages of simple structure and low grade (called also Altaic, Ural-Altaic, and Scythian), spoken in the northern parts of Europe and Asia and Central Asia; of pertaining to, or designating, the people who speak these languages.
a.
Expressing a phrase or sentence in a single word, -- as is the case in the aboriginal languages of America.
sing.
A Bible consisting of four different Greek versions arranged in four columns by Origen; hence, any version in four languages or four columns.
n.
A sound, of consonantal character, made with a rapid succession of partial or entire intermissions, by the vibration of some one part of the organs in the mouth -- tongue, uvula, epiglottis, or lip -- against another part; as, the r is a trill in most languages.
a.
Of or pertaining to the Urals and the Altai; as the Ural-Altaic, or Turanian, languages.
v. t.
To apply the mind to; to read and examine for the purpose of learning and understanding; as, to study law or theology; to study languages.
n.
Of or pertaining to any or all of the various languages which, during the Middle Ages, sprung out of the old Roman, or popular form of Latin, as the Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Provencal, etc.
n.
A table of syllables; more especially, a table of the indivisible syllabic symbols used in certain languages, as the Japanese and Cherokee, instead of letters.
n.
The Tamil language, the most important of the Dravidian languages. See Dravidian, a.
a.
Of or pertaining to any of the Teutonic languages, or the peoples who speak these languages.
n.
The people governed by the Incas, now represented by the Quichua tribe.
superl.
Applied to forms in Anglo-Saxon, etc., which retain the old declensional endings. In the Teutonic languages the vowel stems have held the original endings most firmly, and are called strong; the stems in -n are called weak other constant stems conform, or are irregular.
n.
The group of allied languages spoken by the Slavs.