Cajamarca Quechua

Cajamarca Quechua
Kashamarka Runashimi / Kichwa / Linwa
Spoken in	Perú
Native speakers	10,000-30,000  (date missing)
Language family	Quechua Wamp'uy (Quechua II) Yunkay Cajamarca Quechua
Language codes
ISO 639-3	qvc

Cajamarca Quechua is a variety of Quechua spoken in the districts of Chetilla, Baños del Inca and Cajamarca (Porcón) in the Peruvian province of Cajamarca.

It was never spoken throughout the region, where other indigenous languages were spoken as well, e.g. Culle.

Cajamarca Quechua is severely endangered, as hardly any children are now learning it.

Cajamarca Quechua belongs to Quechua II, subgroup Yunkay and ist closest to Inkawasi-Kañaris. Félix Quesada published the first grammar and dictionary in 1976.

Bibliography

• Félix Quesada C. (1976): Diccionario Quechua de Cajamarca-Cañaris [- Castellano y vice versa]. Ministerio de educación del Perú
• David Coombs et al. (2003): Rimashun kichwapi - Hablemos en quechua
• Marco A. Arana Zegarra (2002): Resolución de Conflictos Medioambientales en la Microcuenca del Río Porcón, Cajamarca 1993-2002. Thesis 2002, Pontífica Universidad Católica del Perú.

External links

• Pulla purishun: Academia Regional del Idioma kichwa variedad Cajamarca, ARIQC (German web server)
• Mushuq Tistamintu: The New Testament in Cajamarca Quechua (PDF)
• Mishki Rimay (Dulce Idioma): Dolores Ayay Chilón on Quechua and indigenous culture in the community of Porcón (in Quechua, Spanish subtitles)