Endangered Languages Project - Ayacucho Quechua

Ayacucho Quechua

^{[aka Ayacucho, Ayacucho-Chanka, Chanka]}

Classification: Quechuan

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at risk

ALSO KNOWN AS		Ayacucho, Ayacucho-Chanka, Chanka
CLASSIFICATION		Quechuan, Quechua IIC
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		quy
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Huancavelica Western Apurimac Northwestern Ariquipa Quechua
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		The question of how to distinguish between entities that are dialects of a single language vs. those that are separate languages is particularly serious in the case of Quechuan languages and dialects, and much work remains to be done. Though it is well-known and very clear that there are a number of distinct languages in the Quechuan complex, some very distinct, the tendency to consider them all merely dialects of “Quechua” persists in many circles. (Cerrón-Palomino 1987)

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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 20th Edition (2017)” . Paul M. Lewis, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig · SIL International

Vulnerable

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
900,000
Native speakers worldwide

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
Scripts (Writing system): Latin (Spanish based)

PLACES: Peru

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Ayacucho and Huancavelica regions; Apurimac, Arequipa, Cusco, Ica, Junin, and Lima regions.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
Scripts (Writing system): Latin (Spanish based)

PLACES: Peru

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Ayacucho, Chanka

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
850,000
Native speakers worldwide

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
900,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
decreasing. 300,000 monolinguals. (SIL).
(Unchanged 2016.)

DATE OF INFO: 2000

SPEAKER ATTITUDE: Negative.
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Peru

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Southwest, Ayacucho and Huancavelica regions; also areas of Apurimac, Junin, Arequipa, Cusco, Ica, and Lima regions.

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
900,000
Native speakers worldwide

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Information from: “Glottolog 2.3” . Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Nordhoff, Sebastian (2014)