QVJ ISO 639-3
Quichua, Loja Highland
Runa Shimi Autonym
A language of Ecuador
- ISO 639
- qvj
- Alternate Names
- Azuay Quichua, Loja Quichua, Saraguro Quichua
- Autonym
- Runa Shimi
- Population
- 30,500 (2000). Total Quichua in Ecuador: 408,000 (Crevels 2012).
- Location:
- Azuay province; El Oro province: Portovelo and Zeruma cantons; Loja province: Sarragaro area; Zamora-Chinchipe province: Yacuambi canton, sizable community in Zamora city; southern highlands.
- Language Status
- 8a (Moribund).
- Classification
- Quechuan, Peripheral Quechua, Chinchay, Northern Chinchay
- Dialects
- None known. Very similar to Cañar Highland Quichua [qxr]; some consider them to be a single language (2020 R. Aschmann). A member of macrolanguage Quechua [que].
- Typology
- SOV.
- Language Use
- Older adults only. Positive attitudes. Shifted to Spanish [spa].
- Language Development
- Only standardized or Unified Quichua is taught formally.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Quichua, Loja Highland
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn], experimental usage.
- Other Comments
- Trend to see Unified Quichua as proper grammar. Traditional religion, Christian.
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Location: Azuay province; El Oro province: Portovelo and Zeruma cantons; Loja province: Sarragaro area; Zamora-Chinchipe province: Yacuambi canton, sizable community in Zamora city; southern highlands.
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