Inga people

The Inga people are an indigenous ethnic group from the Southwest region of Colombia with a historical relation to the Incas.^[1]

They speak a dialect of Quechua known as Inga Kichwa. Almost all Inga people are bilingual in Inga and Spanish, which has caused fear that the Inga language might be an endangered language.^[1]

Many today live traditionally in Sibundoy Valley.^[1]

Francisco Tandioy Jansasoy is currently involved in the creation of an Inga–Spanish–English dictionary and accompanying pedagogic tri-lingual material for its use in universities and in the Inga-speaking communities of Colombia.^[2] There has been significant linguistic and anthropological work done in the past 30 years pertaining to the Inga peoples.

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Ancestry and ethnicity in Colombia

Indigenous peoples	Achagua Andaqui Andoque Arhuaco Awa-Kwaiker Baniwa Barasana Bora Calima Cauca Carabayo Carijona Chimilas Chitareros Cocamilla Cofán Cubeo Emberá Embera-Wounaan Guahibo Guambiano Guane Kuna Hiwi Hup Inga Kamëntsá Kogi Lache Macuna Mokaná Motilon Muisca Nukak Nutabes Paez Patángoro Piaroa Pijao Quechua Quimbaya Siona Siriano Sutagao Tahamí Tairona Ticuna Tinigua Tucano U'wa Wayuu Witoto Yagua Yarigui Yukpa Zenú

Immigrants	Afro-Colombians (Raizal) Arab Colombians (Lebanese, Palestinian, Syrian) Japanese Colombians Mestizo Colombians White Colombians German Colombian Italian Colombian Jewish-Colombian Spanish Colombians Uruguayan Colombians

See Also Lists of Colombians Race and ethnicity in Colombia

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