Yauyos–Chincha Quechua

Yauyos–Chincha Quechua
Huangáscar–Topará
Native toPeru
RegionChincha Province, Yauyos province
Native speakers
(13,000 cited 2000–2003)[1]
Quechua
  • Yauyos–Chincha Quechua
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
qux – Yauyos Quechua
qxc – Chincha Quechua
Glottologyauy1235  Yauyos
chin1483  Chincha
ELPYauyos Quechua
Yauyos Quechua and neighboring varieties
Quechua of Yauyos is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.

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

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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

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Bilabial Labio-dental Alveolar Post-alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Stop voiceless p ⟨p⟩ t ⟨t⟩ ʈ ⟨tr⟩ c ⟨ch⟩ k ⟨k⟩ q ⟨q⟩
voiced (b) ⟨b⟩ (d) ⟨d⟩ (g) ⟨g⟩
Fricative voiceless (f) ⟨f⟩ s ⟨s⟩ ʃ ⟨sh⟩ h ⟨h⟩
voiced (v) ⟨v⟩
Nasal m ⟨m⟩ n ⟨n⟩ ɲ ⟨ñ⟩
Approximant β ⟨w⟩ j ⟨y⟩
Lateral l ⟨l⟩ ʎ ⟨ll⟩
Flap ɾ ⟨r⟩
Trill (r) ⟨rr⟩

Sounds in parentheses are only found in loanwords from Spanish.

References

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  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. doi:10.5281/zenodo.376355.

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