The Achahala, an illustrated Quechua alphabet, was published by the promoter of Quechua, Dina Vera Lázaro, and it is available in the bookstore El Virrey de Miraflores.
The intercultural communicator, Dina Vera Lazaro, published the illustrated Quechua alphabet or achahala with an audio to ease the pronunciation of the phonemes, through an electronic address. Lovers of Andean culture can purchase it at the Virrey bookstore in Miraflores.
This publication was published with the purpose of revitalizing, preserving, promoting and spreading the Quechua language
The design of the Achahala took into account the need to ensure that the alphabet meets the criteria of ease and simplicity that are considered by many linguists as the most effective way to help students in the process of teaching-learning a language.
For this reason, the images that were designed for the Quechua alphabet in mention are primarily adapted to the local reality of the Andean areas, and that correspond more closely to their worldview.
The images of the Quechua alphabet respond to the local reality of the Andean zones.
The alphabets help to the mental representation of abstract concepts, while consolidating the logical thinking of those who learn a new language.
QUECHUA IS STILL IN USE
According to the National Census XII of Population and VII of Housing of 2017 carried out by the National Institute of Statistics and Information (INEI), in Peru, 3 million 735 thousand 682 people speak Quechua.
Quechua is the fourth most spoken language in Latin America and the most widespread native language on the continent, followed by Guarani and Aymara. Approximately seven million people speak the language of the Incas in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina.