South Bolivian Quechua

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South Bolivian Quechua
Spoken in: Argentina, Bolivia
Total speakers: 3,637,500
Language family:
 South Bolivian Quechua
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: quh
ISO 639-3: quh

South Bolivian Quechua is a variety of Quechua, belonging to Qusqu-Qullaw Quechua, part of the Southern Quechua branch of Quechua II. It is also spoken in Argentina. It is also known as Central Bolivian Quechua or Quechua Boliviano (Spanish for Bolivian Quechua). There are 2,782,500 speakers in Bolivia and 855,000 in Argentina.

[edit] Dialects

  • Sucre dialect
  • Cochabamba dialect
  • Oruro dialect
  • Potosí dialect
  • Chuquisaca dialect
  • Northwest Jujuy dialect


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