A subgroup of the Quechumaran languages, the most important language being Quechua.
A consequence is that 12 Quechua-speaking farmers and their families, who have managed to subsist for centuries at high altitude, believe they may not make it through the next winter.
The name Sabancaya means "tongue of fire" in the Quechua Indian language.
Quechua, the lineal descendant of the Inca language