Yaru Quechua
| Yaru Quechua | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Perú |
Native speakers | (150,000 (partial count) cited 1993–1998)[1] plus 20,000 Chaupihuaranga (1972 census)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:qva – Ambo-Pascoqur – Chaupihuaranga / Yanahuancaqxt – Santa Ana de Tusi Pascoqvn – North Junín |
| Glottolog | yaru1256paca1245 Pacaraos |
| ELP | Yaru Quechua |
Yaru Quechua is a dialect cluster of Quechua, spoken in the Peruvian provinces of Pasco and Daniel Alcides Carrión and neighboring areas in northern Junín and Lima department.
The branch of Yaru which has been best described is Tarma Quechua, by Willem F. H. Adelaar in his 1977 Tarma Quechua: Grammar, texts, dictionary. Tarma Quechua is spoken in the districts of Tarma, Huaricolca, Acobamba, La Unión Leticia, Palca, Palcamayo, Tapo, Huasahuasi and San Pedro de Cajas; in the province of Tarma, in the Junin department, Peru.[2]
References
- ^ a b Ambo-Pasco at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Chaupihuaranga / Yanahuanca at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Santa Ana de Tusi Pasco at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
North Junín at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ Adelaar, Willem F. H. (1977). Tarma Quechua: Grammar, texts, dictionary. Amsterdam: Peter de Ridder. p. 20.
Bibliography
- Adelaar, 2004. The Languages of the Andes.
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