Also Known As:
Cuzco, Quichua Santiagueño
Dialects & Varieties
Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)
Vulnerable
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
60,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speakers
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Ethnic or community population
50,000-60,000
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Location and Context
Countries
Argentina;
Location Description
North central Argentina, Santiago del Estero Province, departments of Figueroa, Moreno, Robles, Sarmiento, Brigadier J. F. Ibarra, San Martín, Silipica, Loreto, Atamisqui, Avellaneda, Salavina, Quebrachos, Mitre, Aguirre; southeast Salta Province, western Taboada department along Salado river; Buenos Aires.
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Other Languages Used By The Community
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Number of Other Language Speakers:
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Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
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Recent Resources
The earliest grammar of the Quechua language.
This Spanish paper from 1971 observes phonemes of the Quechuan dialects, including the dialect from
John Carter Brown Library copy lacks title page; available in facsimile.