Yauyos–Chincha Quechua

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Yauyos–Chincha Quechua
Huangáscar–Topará
Native to Perú
Native speakers
13,000  (2000–2003)[1]
Quechua
  • Central (Quechua I)
    • Yauyos–Chincha Quechua
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
qux  Yauyos Quechua
qxc  Chincha Quechua

Yauyos–Chincha Quechua or Yauyos Quechua is a dialect cluster of Quechua, spoken in the Yauyos and Chincha districts of Peru. There are numerous dialects: in Yauyos, San Pedro de Huacarpana, Apurí, Madean-Viñac (Madeán), Azángaro-Huangáscar-Chocos (Huangáscar), Cacra-Hongos, Tomás-Alis (Alis), Huancaya-Vitis, Laraos, with similar diversity in Chincha.

The Tana-Lincha (Lincha) dialect included by Ethnologue 16, however, is part of Cajamarca-Lambayeque Quechua.[2]

References

  1. Yauyos Quechua reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
    Chincha Quechua reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
  2. Adelaar, 2004. The Languages of the Andes.

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