Endangered Languages Project - Huaylas Quechua

Huaylas Quechua

^{[aka Quechua ancashino, Ancash Quechua,]}

Classification: Quechuan

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vulnerable

ALSO KNOWN AS		Quechua ancashino, Ancash Quechua
CLASSIFICATION		Quechuan, Quechua I
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		qwh
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		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

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
336,000
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2000

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

Few children in lower elevation and higher population areas are speakers, all children at the higher elevations.

SPEAKER ATTITUDE

Positive

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Spanish

PLACES: Peru

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Ancash region: Caraz, Carhuaz, and Huaraz provinces; Callejón de Huaylas.

Vulnerable

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
336,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
20,000 monolinguals.
(Unchanged 2016.)

DATE OF INFO: 2000

DOMAINS OF USE
TRANSMISSION
SPEAKER ATTITUDE: Positive
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "Bilingual education in some Quechua areas. Poetry. Radio programs. TV. Dictionary. Grammar."
Scripts (Writing system): Latin

PLACES: Peru

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Central Ancash Region, Huaraz, Carhuaz, and Caraz provinces; Callejón de Huaylas.

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