Quechua , also known as runa simi ("people's language"), is an indigenous language family, with variations spoken by the Quechua peoples, primarily living in the Andes and highlands of South America. Derived from a common ancestral language, it is the most widely spoken language family of indigenous peoples of the Americas, with a total of probably some 8–10 million speakers. Approximately 13% of Peruvians speak Quechua. It is perhaps most widely known for being the main language of the Inca Empire, and was disseminated by the colonizers throughout their reign. 

Quechua had already expanded across wide ranges of the central Andes long before the expansion of the Inca Empire. The Inca were one among many peoples in present-day Peru who already spoke forms of Quechua. In the Cusco region, Quechua was influenced by local languages such as Aymara. The Cuzco variety of Quechua developed as quite distinct. In similar ways, diverse dialects developed in different areas, related to existing local languages, when the Inca Empire ruled and imposed Quechua as the official language. 

After the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire in the 16th century, Quechua continued to be used widely by the indigenous peoples as the "common language." It was officially recognized by the Spanish administration and many Spanish learned it in order to communicate with the local peoples. Clergy of the Catholic Church adopted Quechua to use as the language of evangelization. Given its use by the Catholic missionaries, the range of Quechua continued to expand in some areas.

What are the answers to this following set of questions:

1. What language is the article referring to?
2. What else is it known as?
3. which means?
4. Who speaks the language
5. Where do they live
6. is it a widely spoken language
7. How many people speak it
8. How many Peruvians
9. What is it widely known for
10. What century did the Spanish come into the empire
11. Did they learn the language as well
12. What church also used the language
13. Did this help expand it even more?
14. What languages helped influence it?
15. What country is Inca from

Numbered answers:
1. Quechua
2. runa simi
3. people's language
4. Quechua peoples
5. in the Andes
6. yes
7. 8–10 million
8. 13%
9. \being the main language of the Inca Empire
10. 16th
11. yes
12. the Catholic Church
13. yes
14. Aymara, Cuzco
15. Peru