Quechua

Quechua is an indigenous language of South America, spoken primarily in parts of Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia. While its spoken form predates Columbian contact and was spoken by the Inca, a written form was first devised after contact with the Spanish, and uses the Roman alphabet. It is one of the official languages of Peru and Bolivia.

By 1916, several Quechuan-speakers had joined Pancho Villa's forces. When Indiana Jones later joined Pancho Villa, he learned Quechua from them.

In 1957, after landing in Nazca, Jones used his Quechua to talk to some of the locals. He learned from them that a man fitting Harold Oxley's description had come staggering into the town, and had been locked away in the Nazca Sanatorium. Afterwards, Mutt Williams was astounded to hear how Jones had first learned the language.

Appearances

 * Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
 * Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull novel
 * Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull comic