Quechua
· Runa SimiVulnerableQuechua · Cordillera de los AndesWord Constructor
These languages build new words by joining roots and affixes. Type in Spanish or English and construct the word or phrase in the language.
Morphology explorer
Break a word into roots, prefixes, and suffixes.
Language structure
How this language works — its word order, morphology, sounds and writing. This reference also grounds the AI Word Constructor.
Word order
SOV order.
Morphology
Agglutinative and EXCLUSIVELY suffixing: a root takes derivational then inflectional suffixes (case -ta/-pi/-man, person, tense, plural -kuna and evidentials -mi/-si/-chá).
Sounds (phonology)
Three vowels (a, i, u); southern varieties contrast plain, aspirated and glottalized stops.
Writing system
Unified academic Latin orthography.
Key features
- Suffixing only.
- Evidential suffixes mark the source of information.
- Case by suffix.
This reference is also fed to the AI Word Constructor so it builds words the way the language actually works.