QVE ISO 639-3
Quechua, Eastern Apurímac
Runasimi Autonym
A language of Peru
- ISO 639
- qve
- Alternate Names
- Apurímac Quechua, Quechua del Este de Apurímac
- Autonym
- Runasimi
- Population
- 200,000 (2002 SIL). 80,000 monolinguals. 30% in towns, 60%–70% in remote areas, especially at high altitudes. Ethnic population: 200,000.
- Location:
- Apurimac region: Abancay, Andahuaylas, Antabamba Ayamaraes, Cotabambas, and Grau provinces; Arequipa region: La Unión province; Ayacucho and Cusco regions.
- Language Status
- 4 (Educational).
- Classification
- Quechuan, Peripheral Quechua, Chinchay, Southern Chinchay, Southern Peruvian Quechua
- Dialects
- Abancay, Antabamba, Cotabambas. Arequipa-La Unión Quechua [qxu] reportedly very similar to the Antabamba dialect. A member of macrolanguage Quechua [que].
- Typology
- SOV.
- Language Use
- Used by all. Many also use Spanish [spa].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L1: 1%–3%. Literacy rate in L2: 40%–50% (census: 65%). 40,000 nonliterate adults. 35% of adults, or 20% of total population (census). In rural areas 48% of the adults are nonliterate. Taught in primary schools. Texts. NT: 2012.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Quechua, Eastern Apurímac
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Different from Cusco Quechua [quz] and Ayacucho Quechua [quy]. Traditional religion, Christian.
Also Spoken in
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Location: Apurimac region: Abancay, Andahuaylas, Antabamba Ayamaraes, Cotabambas, and Grau provinces; Arequipa region: La Unión province; Ayacucho and Cusco regions.
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