Ancash Quechua
| Ancash Quechua | |
|---|---|
| Huaylay, Waylay, Nunashimi | |
| Native to | Perú |
Native speakers | (918,900 cited 1994–2002)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:qwa – Corongoqwh – Huaylasqxn – Norte de Conchucosqws – Sihuasqxo – Sur de Conchucosqvh – Huamalíes y Norte de Dos de Mayo |
| Glottolog | huay1239 |
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Ancash Quechua, or Huaylay (Waylay), is a Quechua variety , spoken in the department of Ancash by approximately 1,000,000 people. Like Wanka Quechua, it belongs to Quechua I (according to Alfredo Torero).
Classification
The Ancash Quechua varieties belong to the Quechua I branch of the homonymous language family, belonging to a dialectal continuum extended in the central Peruvian Sierra from Ancash in the north to the provinces of Castrovirreyna and Yauyos in the south.
Some varieties bordering this continuum partially share morphological characteristics that distinguish the Ancash group from the other central Quechua, so it is difficult to establish a discrete limit. Among these nearby varieties are the Quechua of Bolognesi, Ocros and Cajatambo and that of the Alto Marañón region in the department of Huánuco.
See also
References
- ^ Corongo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Huaylas at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Norte de Conchucos at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Sihuas at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Sur de Conchucos at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Huamalíes y Norte de Dos de Mayo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
External links
- (In Anchash Quechua) KAYMI KAN LLAPAN MUNDUCHAW IMANAW KAQ RUNAKUNAPAPIS DIRICHUNKUNA (Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
- Crossing aspectual frontiers South Conchucos Quechua.
- Lustig, Wolf (1996): Glossary Quechua Ancashino (in German)
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