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Yauyos–Chincha Quechua

Yauyos–Chincha Quechua or Yauyos Quechua is a language 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]

Phonology

Yauyos Quechua omits several distinctions present in other Quechuan languages. The orthography used below is the one used in A Grammar of Yauyos Quechua.[3]

Consonants

Sounds in parentheses are only in loanwords from Spanish.

Yauyos Quechua and neighboring varieties

References

  1. ^ Yauyos Quechua at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Chincha Quechua at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Adelaar, 2004. The Languages of the Andes.
  3. ^ Shimelman, Aviva (10 March 2017). A Grammar Of Yauyos Quechua. Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.376355.

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