QVH ISO 639-3
Quechua, Huamalíes-Dos de Mayo Huánuco
Runa Simi Autonym
A language of Peru
- ISO 639
- qvh
- Autonym
- Runa Simi
- Population
- 44,900 (2017 census).
- Location:
- Huanuco region: Dos de Mayo province, Chuquis, Marias, Quivilla, Pachas, Ripán, Shunqui, Sillapata, and Yanas districts; Huamalíes province, Arancay, Chavín de Pariarca, Jacas Grande, Jircán, Llata, Miraflores, Punchao, Puños, Singa, and Tantamayo districts.
- Language Status
- 5* (Developing).
- Classification
- Quechuan, Central Quechua, Ap-am-ah, Alto Pativilca
- Dialects
- Monzón, Huamalíes, Northern Dos de Mayo. Lexical similarity: 96% with Margos-Yarowilca-Lauricocha Quechua [qvm]. A member of macrolanguage Quechua [que].
- Typology
- SOV.
- Language Use
- Most also use Spanish [spa]. Used as L2 by Cholón [cht].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L2: Below 5%. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 2019.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Quechua, Huamalíes-Dos de Mayo Huánuco
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
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Location: Huanuco region: Dos de Mayo province, Chuquis, Marias, Quivilla, Pachas, Ripán, Shunqui, Sillapata, and Yanas districts; Huamalíes province, Arancay, Chavín de Pariarca, Jacas Grande, Jircán, Llata, Miraflores, Punchao, Puños, Singa, and Tantamayo districts.
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