The term Inka means ruler or lord in Quechua and was used to refer to the ruling class or the ruling family. The Spanish adopted the term (transliterated as Inca in Spanish) as an ethnic term referring to all subjects of the empire rather than simply the ruling class.
The world's largest spoken language is Chinese (Mandarin). It is followed by English, Hindustani (Hindi and Urdu) and Spanish in the fourth place. The world's largest spoken language is Chinese (Mandarin). It is followed by English, Hindustani (Hindi and Urdu) and Spanish in the fourth place.
By Irene Thompson | Updated March 27, 2013 by Jon Phillips. The Niger-Congo language family is one of the largest language families in the world and the largest one in Africa in terms of its geographical spread across most of sub-Saharan Africa, number of speakers, and the number of languages (1514).