Cusco Quechua

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Cusco Quechua
Qusqu runasimi
Native to Peru
Native speakers 1,700,000  (1989–2002)[1]
Language family
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
quz – Cusco
qve – Eastern Apurímac

Cusco Quechua is a dialect of the Southern Quechua language, spoken in city and the department of Cusco.

It is the Quechua variety used by the Academia Mayor de la Lengua Quechua in Cusco, which also prefers the Spanish-based five-vowel alphabet.[2] On the other hand, the official alphabet used by the ministry of education has only three vowels.[3]

References [edit]

  1. ^ Cusco at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
    Eastern Apurímac at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
  2. ^ Nancy Hornberger & Kendall King, "Authenticity and Unification in Quechua Language Planning" Language, Culture and Curriculum 11 3 (1998): 390 - 410. http://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1059&context=gse_pubs
  3. ^ Portal Educativo del Perú: Yachaqkunapaq Simi Qullqa (Quechua-Quechua-Spanish dictionary). http://portal.huascaran.edu.pe/Docentes/xtras/pdf/dicc_cusco.pdf