Why would you want to learn Kichwa or Kechwa depending on who is doing the writing? (At this point I am not sure which is correct or if they both may be.) When I was trying to find the words to answer that question I ran across these words on the .Ermal Garinger Academic Resource Center, University of Kansas web site. They say it much better then I.
With 6 to 10 million speakers, Kechwa, the language of the Inkas, is the most widely-spoken indigenous language in the Americas. For many years, western historians and anthropologists have predicted the disappearance of the Kechwa language and its cultures. Instead, both are becoming stronger.
Learning Kechwa will be a meaningful adventure. You will learn a new language and be exposed to the ideas of an indigenous American culture that is vastly different from Euro-American cultures and languages. By stepping outside of your own culture and identity, you will learn to see yourself, your culture and the world through new eyes. You will acquire a much deeper and realisitic understanding of globalization and the problems humanity faces. And you will enrich your understanding of the human experience and condition through knowledge of one of the America's great but too little known civilizations. If you supplement your study with travel to Andean countries, you can live in contexts that are entirely different from your current cultural reality. There are opportunities to live in Kechwa communities, to visit Kechwa bilingual schools in the Andes and to take part as a direct participant or co-teacher with native teachers in Kechwa.
This is just an idea. Please comment if this is something we should pursue
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