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Ancash Quechua

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Ancash Quechua
Huaylay
Native toPerú
Native speakers
(920,000 cited 1994–2002)[1]
Quechua
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
qwa – Corongo
qwh – Huaylas
qxn – Norte de Conchucos
qws – Sihuas
qxo – Sur de Conchucos
qvh – Huamalíes y Norte de Dos de Mayo
Glottologhuay1239

Ancash Quechua, or Huaylay, is a Quechua variety with a number of dialects, spoken in the department of Ancash by approximately 1,000,000 people. Like Wanka Quechua, it belongs to Quechua I (according to Alfredo Torero).

References

  1. ^ 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)