Quechua Online Distance Learning Launched by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

What is Quechua Online Distance Learning?
The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of Illinois is pleased to announce the launching of its web-based Quechua Online Distance Learning courses. The variety offered is Ayacucho Quechua, a Southern Peruvian Quechua variety closely related to the varieties spoken in Cuzco and Bolivia, and a standard for Quechua writing. Since 1977, Quechua language courses have been offered continuously at Illinois' Center of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. The most widely spoken modern Native American language, Quechua is currently spoken by 8-10 million people in Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and neighboring countries. The instructor, Clodoaldo Soto, is a native speaker with over a decade of award-winning teaching experience. He is a noted Quechua scholar who has published highly regarded grammars and dictionaries.