Endangered Languages Project

Lincha is part of Southern Yauyos Quechua

ALSO KNOWN AS		Lincha, Lincha-Tana, Southern Yauyos Quechua
CLASSIFICATION		Quechuan,
CODE AUTHORITY		LINGUIST List
LANGUAGE CODE		qux-lin
DOWNLOAD		As csv
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.) Lincha-Tana is one of the five dialects that are documented in Shimelman (2017). (Willem Adelaar personal communication)

Lincha Quechua