Did you know Santiago del Estero Quechua is vulnerable?

ALSO KNOWN AS		Cuzco, Quichua Santiagueño
CLASSIFICATION		Quechuan, Quechua IIC
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		qus
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Information from: “Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking” (167-234) . Crevels, Mily (2012) , Lyle Campbell and Veronica Grondona · Mouton de Gruyter

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
60,000-80,000
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Argentina

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
60,000-100,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
According to Stark (1985), the vitality of the language has to be attributed to the fact that it has long been conceptualised as a non-Indian criollo language.

PLACES: Argentina

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: North central Argentina, Province of Santiago del Estero and southeast Province of Salta.

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
160,000
Native speakers worldwide

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: "Habado en catorce de los veintisiete
departamentos en que se divide la provincia de Santiago del Estero:
Figueroa, Salavina, San Martın, Robles, Silıpica, Avellaneda, Loreto,
Atamisqui, Sarmiento, y en menor medida en: Ibarra, Taboada, Moreno,
Capital y Jimenez. Sin embargo, cabe senalar que una significativa cantidad
de ‘‘quichuistas’’ — como se autodenominan los hablantes de este
dialecto — esta dispersa a lo largo del paıs, sobre todo en los grandes
centros urbanos."

Vulnerable

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
60,000
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
60,000

DATE OF INFO: 2000

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

vigorous

SPEAKER ATTITUDE

Positive

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Spaniah

Scripts (Writing system)

Latin (Spanish-based)

PLACES: Argentina

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Santiago del Estero province: Figueroa, Moreno, Robles, Sarmiento, Brigadier J. F. Ibarra, San Martín, Silipica, Loreto, Atamisqui, Avellaneda, Salavina, Quebrachos, Mitre, and Aguirre departments; Chaco province;

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
60,000
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
50,000-60,000
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"No monolinguals." Data for the number of native speakers comes from SIL (2000).

60,000 (2000 SIL), decreasing. 0 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 60,000 (2013 no change).

MORE ON VITALITY

The number of speakers is decreasing.

PLACES: 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.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: 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.

Vulnerable

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

PLACES: Argentina

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
60,000
Native speakers worldwide

			2017	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 20th Edition (2017)				Paul M. Lewis, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig	online	SIL International			Dallas, Texas	http://www.ethnologue.com				60,000	60,000	2000	10000-99999		Spaniah	Positive	Vulnerable (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	11	vigorous	11	Santiago del Estero province: Figueroa, Moreno, Robles, Sarmiento, Brigadier J. F. Ibarra, San Martín, Silipica, Loreto, Atamisqui, Avellaneda, Salavina, Quebrachos, Mitre, and Aguirre departments; Chaco province;	Argentina
January		167	2004	El Quechua en Argentina: el caso de Santiago del Estero		83-93	Accessed via UH Manoa. Article is in Spanish.				International Journal of the Sociology of Language	2006		http://www.degruyter.com.eres.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/view/j/ijsl.2004.2004.issue-167/ijsl.2004.023/ijsl.2004.023.xml	Jorge R. Alderetes andLelia Ines Albarracin	Jorge R. Alderetes andLelia Ines Albarracin. 2004. "El Quechua En Argentina: El Caso De Santiago Del Estero." In International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 2006: 83-93. Online: http://www.degruyter.com.eres.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/view/j/ijsl.2004.2004.issue-167/ijsl.2004.023/ijsl.2004.023.xml.			160,000		100000				At risk (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				"Habado en catorce de los veintisiete departamentos en que se divide la provincia de Santiago del Estero: Figueroa, Salavina, San Martın, Robles, Silıpica, Avellaneda, Loreto, Atamisqui, Sarmiento, y en menor medida en: Ibarra, Taboada, Moreno, Capital y Jimenez. Sin embargo, cabe senalar que una significativa cantidad de ‘‘quichuistas’’ — como se autodenominan los hablantes de este dialecto — esta dispersa a lo largo del paıs, sobre todo en los grandes centros urbanos."
																			160,000	2004	100000	(Albarración & Alderetes 2006:249)			At risk (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	16		2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)				M. Paul Lewis		SIL International			Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	50,000-60,000	60,000		10000-99999	"No monolinguals." Data for the number of native speakers comes from SIL (2000). 60,000 (2000 SIL), decreasing. 0 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 60,000 (2013 no change).			Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		The number of speakers is decreasing.		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.	Argentina;	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.
	3rd		2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger						UNESCO Publishing			Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub		80,000		10000-99999				Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					Argentina		-26.7848, -63.6767
			2007	South America	Atlas of the World's Endangered Languages	103-196		C. Moseley		London & New York: Routledge					Mily Crevels	Crevels, Mily. 2007. "South America." In Atlas of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 103-196. London & New York: Routledge.	HHOLD		60,000-100,000		100000	According to Stark (1985), the vitality of the language has to be attributed to the fact that it has long been conceptualised as a non-Indian criollo language.			At risk (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					Argentina	North central Argentina, Province of Santiago del Estero and southeast Province of Salta.
				World Oral Literature Project										http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			60,000		10000-99999				Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
			2012	Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking	The Indigenous Languages of South America: A Comprehensive Guide	167-234		Lyle Campbell and Veronica Grondona		Mouton de Gruyter			Berlin		Crevels, Mily	Crevels, Mily. 2012. "Language Endangerment in South America: The Clock Is Ticking." In The Indigenous Languages of South America: A Comprehensive Guide, edited by Hans Henrich Hock et al.. 167-234. Mouton de Gruyter.			60,000-80,000		10000-99999				Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					Argentina

Santiago del Estero Quechua

Language metadata

Language information by source

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

60,000-80,000

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

60,000-100,000

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

160,000

Vulnerable

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

60,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

60,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

80,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

60,000

Discussion

Santiago del Estero Quechua

Language metadata

Language information by source

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

60,000-80,000

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

60,000-100,000

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

160,000

Vulnerable

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

60,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

60,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

80,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

60,000

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