Yauyos–Chincha Quechua
Huangáscar–Topará
Native toPerú
Native speakers
13,000 (2000–2003)[1]
Quechua
  • Yauyos–Chincha Quechua
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
qux  Yauyos Quechua
qxc  Chincha Quechua
Glottologyauy1235  Yauyos
chin1483  Chincha
ELP

Yauyos–Chincha Quechua or Yauyos Quechua is a language cluster of Quechua, spoken in the Yauyos and Chincha districts of Peru. There are numerous dialects: in Yauyos, San Pedro de Huacarpana, Apurí, Madean-Viñac (Madeán), Azángaro-Huangáscar-Chocos (Huangáscar), Cacra-Hongos, Tomás-Alis (Alis), Huancaya-Vitis, Laraos, with similar diversity in Chincha.

The Tana-Lincha (Lincha) dialect included by Ethnologue 16, however, is part of Cajamarca-Lambayeque Quechua.[2]

Phonology

Yauyos Quechua omits several distinctions present in other Quechuan languages. The orthography used below is the one used in A Grammar of Yauyos Quechua.[3]

Consonants

Bilabial Labio-dental Alveolar Post-alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Stop p ⟨p⟩

(b) ⟨b⟩

t ⟨t⟩

(d) ⟨d⟩

ʈ ⟨tr⟩ c ⟨ch⟩ k ⟨k⟩

(g) ⟨g⟩

q ⟨q⟩
Fricative (f) ⟨f⟩

(v) ⟨v⟩

s ⟨s⟩ ʃ ⟨sh⟩ h ⟨h⟩
Nasal m ⟨m⟩ n ⟨n⟩ ɲ ⟨ñ⟩
Approximant β ⟨w⟩ j ⟨y⟩
Lateral l ⟨l⟩ ʎ ⟨ll⟩
Flap ɾ ⟨r⟩
Trill (r) ⟨rr⟩

Sounds in parentheses are only in loanwords from Spanish.

Yauyos Quechua and neighboring varieties

References

  1. Yauyos Quechua at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Chincha Quechua at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Adelaar, 2004. The Languages of the Andes.
  3. Shimelman, Aviva (10 March 2017). A Grammar Of Yauyos Quechua. Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.376355.

Bibliography

Online Dictionaries


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