QUR ISO 639-3
Quechua, Chaupihuaranga
Runa Simi Autonym
A language of Peru
- ISO 639
- qur
- Alternate Names
- Daniel Carrion, Yanahuanca Pasco Quechua
- Autonym
- Runa Simi
- Population
- 20,500 (1972 census), decreasing. 8,200 monolinguals.
- Location:
- Pasco region: Chacayan, Chinche, Goyllarisquizqa, Paucar, San Pedro de Pillao, Tapoc, Villcabamba, and Yanahuanca districts; sparsely populated high country, more densely populated valleys.
- Language Status
- 7 (Shifting).
- Classification
- Quechuan, Central Quechua, Wankay
- Dialects
- Many related Quechua dialects intersect here: JunÃn [qvn], Ambo-Pasco [qva], Santa Ana de Tusi [qxt], Cajatambo [qvl], and Huamalies-Dos de Mayo Huanuco [qvh]. Further intelligibility studies may be needed. A member of macrolanguage Quechua [que].
- Typology
- SOV.
- Language Use
- Home, community. Adults only. Shifting to Spanish [spa].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L2: Below 20%. Texts.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Quechua, Chaupihuaranga
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
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Location: Pasco region: Chacayan, Chinche, Goyllarisquizqa, Paucar, San Pedro de Pillao, Tapoc, Villcabamba, and Yanahuanca districts; sparsely populated high country, more densely populated valleys.
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