[film series] Is the Quechua language on the rise or decline?

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Sunday, November 13th
2pm-4pm

Penn Museum
Quechua: The fading Inca language (2010) Dir. Gabina Funegra (19min) & newly translated short Quechua dramas from Youtube. Post screening discussion lead by Américo Mendoza-Mori (Quechua)

The Quechua language, the largest indigenous language group in the Americas, has been suppressed and maligned for hundreds of years, but now is enjoying a revival of esteem and usage thanks to specific governmental policies and the enthusiasm of students from as far as Paris and Tokyo.

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