Quichua, Calderón Highland

A language of Ecuador

ISO 639: qud
Alternate Names: Calderón Quichua, Cayambe Quichua, Kichwa, Pichincha Quichua, Quichua de la Sierra Cayambe, Salcedo Quichua
Autonym: Kichwa Shimi, Runa Shimi
Population: 25,000 (1987 SIL). Ethnic population: 35,000 (2000). Total Quichua in Ecuador: 408,000 (Crevels 2012).
Location:: Cotopaxi province and Napo provinces; Pichincha province: Calderon, Cayambe and Quito areas.
Language Status: 6b (Threatened).
Classification: Quechuan, Peripheral Quechua, Chinchay, Northern Chinchay
Dialects: None known. Distinct from Chimborazo [qug], Imbabura [qvi], and Salasaca [qxl]. A member of macrolanguage Quechua [que].
Typology: SOV.
Language Use: Home. Some of all ages. Also use Spanish [spa], with some shifting.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Quichua, Calderón Highland
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Cotopaxi province and Napo provinces; Pichincha province: Calderon, Cayambe and Quito areas.