Quichua, Salasaca Highland

A language of Ecuador

ISO 639: qxl
Alternate Names: Kichwa, Salasaca Quichua, Salasaka Quichua, Tungurahua Highland Quichua, Tungurahua Quichua
Autonym: Runa Shimibi, Salasaca Shimibi
Population: 14,300 (2000). Total Quichua in Ecuador: 408,000 (Crevels 2012). 3,580 monolinguals. Children 0–5 and older adults.
Location:: Tungurahua province: immediate area around the towns of Salasaca and Pelileo, west of the Cutuchi river.
Language Status: 6a (Vigorous).
Classification: Quechuan, Peripheral Quechua, Chinchay, Northern Chinchay
Dialects: A member of macrolanguage Quechua [que].
Typology: SOV; 21 consonants and 3 vowels.
Language Use: Home, community, agriculture, religion. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Most also use Spanish [spa].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 50% in Spanish [spa]. Literature. NT: 2017.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Quichua, Salasaca Highland
Writing: Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments: Lexically distinct from Chimborazo [qug], Imbabura [qvi], and Calderón [qud]. Population growing in the Galápagos Islands. Traditional religion, Christian.

Location: Tungurahua province: immediate area around the towns of Salasaca and Pelileo, west of the Cutuchi river.