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
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.
The earliest grammar of the Quechua language.