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Why does Google Translate not offer Quechua as a translatable language, but Limburgish and Ligurian are available? I would think there would be quite a few Quechua speakers.

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Cities 1: Former capital of the Incan Empire	Cuzco
Cities 2: City surrounded by five volcanoes, including the famous El Misti	Arequipa
Cities 3: "Capital of the Peruvian Amazon," and the largest non-island city in the world that cannot be reached by road.	Iquitos
Cities 4: Peru's only megacity and one of five in South America	Lima
Artificial Landmarks 1: This Incan citadel was rediscovered by Hiram Brigham in 1911	Machu Picchu
Artificial Landmarks 2: This pre-Incan city, built by the Chimu people, is made entirely of adobe and was constructed in 850	Cham Cham
Artificial Landmarks 3: Fortress known for the fact that its walls are fit so precisely that you cannot fit a knife between its stones.	Sacsayhuaman
Artificial Landmarks 4: Series of terraces that each feature their own microclimate; possibly indicating that the Incas were experimenting with the effects of climate on agriculture.	Moray
Natural Landmarks 1: Canyon home to the Cabanas and Collaguas peoples; it is also the third-most visited destination in Peru at roughly 120,000 visitors per year.	Colca Canyon
Natural Landmarks 2: Famous "rainbow mountains"	Vinicunca
Natural Landmarks 3: These 760 m waterfalls were not discovered until 2005	Gocta Cataracts
Natural Landmarks 4: Largest lake in South America	Lake Titicaca
People 1: The ninth Sapa Inca, credited with forming the Incan Empire.	Pachacuti
People 2: Last (effective) Incan emperor, executed by Pizarro's forces in 1533.	Atahualpa
People 3: First saint from the Americas	Rose of Lima
People 4: Japanese-Peruvian former president known for his human rights abuses	Alberto Fujimori

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History 1: Site of numerous tombs from the Moche civilization, including the Lord of Sipan	Huaca Rajada
History 2: Battle between Spanish forces and the armies of Simon Bolivar and Antonio Jose de Sucre, the latter of who's victory that guaranteed Peruvian independence	Battle of Ayachuco
History 3: Far-left guerrilla group most active from the 1980s to the 2000s	Shining Path
History 4: Brief 1998 border conflict with Ecuador	Cenepa War
Culture 1: One of the most famous poems by the legendary Cesar Vallejo, known for its usage of invented words and bizarre syntax.	Trilce
Culture 2: The national instrument of Peru, a small lute that increased in popularity after the beginning of the Indigenismo movement	Charango
Culture 3: The second film by director Claudia Llosa and the only Peruvian film to be nominated for an Academy Award	The Milk of Sorrow
Culture 4: Band begun in 1964 retroactively credited with beginning the punk genre	Los Saicos
Wildlife 1: The largest bird of prey in the world	Andean Condor
Wildlife 2: Relative of the llama and alpaca	Vicuna
Wildlife 3: Small penguin named after a German explorer and naturalist	Humboldt Penguin
Wildlife 4: Rabbit-like rodents native to the Andes mountains, Chile, and Argentina	Viscacha
Food 1: Raw seafood marinated in citrus, usually lime.	Ceviche
Food 2: Meat dish cooked in a stone oven called a huatia	Pachamanca
Food 3: Meat skewers commonly associated with the Lord of Miracles procession	Anticuchos
Food 4: Doughnut-like dessert made of squash and sweet potato	Picarones