Huanca
 Coat of Arms given by Philip II, representing the union between the Huancas and the Spaniards | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 90,727 (2000–2002)[1][2] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Peru | |
| Languages | |
| Jauja Wanca Quechua,[1] Huaylla Wanca Quechua, Spanish[2] | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholicism, traditional religion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| other Quechua peoples |
The Huancas, Wancas, or Wankas are a Quechua people living in the Junín Region of central Peru, in and around the Mantaro Valley.
Names
[edit]The southern branch of Huanca people are called the Wanka Waylla Quechua and Southern Huancayo Quechua.[1] The Jauja Wanka are also called Wanka Jauja Quechua and Shawsha Wanka Quechua people.[2] They gave their name to the Peruvian football team Deportivo Wanka.
History
[edit]Prior to being incorporated into the Inca Empire, the Huanca had a polity that has by some been described as a state and by others as a chiefdom.[3] The Huanca cultivated various root crops and maize, as well as herded llama.[3]
After fierce fighting, the Huanca people were conquered by Pachacuti in the 15th century and incorporated into Tawantinsuyu, the Inca Empire.[3] After being conquered, the Huanca provided soldiers for Inca campaigns in Quito.[3] However, upon the arrival of Spaniards, the Huanca allied with the Spaniards against the Inca during the conquest of Peru.[3] They provided supplies and men to the Spanish army.
Language
[edit]The Huanca people speak Jauja Wanka Quechua and Waylla Wanka Quechua, both Quechua I languages.[1][2] These languages differ significantly from the Incas' Quechua of Cusco. (see Mantaro Valley)
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Quechua, Huaylla Wanca." Ethnologue. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Quechua, Jauja Wanca." Ethnologue. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
- ^ a b c d e Villamarin, Juan and Judith (1999), "Chiefdoms: The Prevalence and Persistence of "Señoríos Naturales" 1400 to European Conquest", in Salomon, Frank; Schwartz, Stuart B. (eds.), The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas, vol. 3, Cambridge University Press, pp. 644–645, ISBN 978-0-521-63075-7
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