And finally… Incan-tation
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A court in Peru has issued a written judgment in a language of the Quechua family, the main language family of the Inca Empire, for the first time.
The ruling was handed down in a personal injury claim between two native speakers of Áncash Quechua, estimated to have around a million speakers in northern Peru.
Magistrate Oswaldo Ener Granados Guerrero enlisted the help of a local cultural directorate to translate his judgment, the BBC reports.
It follows another major milestone, the first sentence handed down in a Quechuan language, which Dr Granados Guerrero achieved last year.
The magistrate has committed to extending Quecha language services to increase inclusion and access to justice.
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