Inga Kichwa

Inga Kichwa
Inka Kichwa
Native to	Colombia
Native speakers	25,000  (date missing)
Language family	Quechua Quechua II Northern Kichwa Inga Kichwa
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: inb – Highland Inga inj – Jungle Inga

Inga Kichwa is a dialect of Kichwa spoken in the Colombian Putumayo region by the Inga people; the language was apparently introduced there by the Spanish four hundred years ago. There are two dialects: Highland Inga, spoken in the Sibundoy valley; and Jungle Inga, spoken on the Putumayo and Japurá Rivers. Ethnologue 16 reports Highland Inga is partially intelligible with Imbabura Kichwa.

External links

• Roger Parks: The Historical-Comparative Classification of Colombian Inga (Quechua) (PDF)