| Cusco Quechua | |
|---|---|
| Qusqu runasimi | |
| Spoken in | Peru |
| Native speakers | 1,500,000 (date missing) |
| Language family |
Quechuan
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | quz |
Cusco Quechua is a dialect of the Southern Quechua language, more specifically Qusqu-Qullaw Quechua, spoken in city and the department of Cusco.
It is the Quechua variety used by the Academia Mayor de la Lengua Quechua in Cusco, which also prefers the Spanish-based five-vowel alphabet.[1] On the other hand, the official alphabet used by the ministry of education has only three vowels.[2]