The complex reality of indigenous languages in Argentina
Cancha (football pitch), poncho, gaucho, morocho (dark-skinned person), carpa (tent), vincha (hairband), pucho (cigarette)... a great number of words of Argentinians' everyday speech comes from Quechua, an Incan language that has been in contact with Spanish for five hundred years. Quechua –and its dialects–is a native language with great...