Quechua, Puno | Ethnologue

A language of Peru

ISO 639: qxp
Alternate Names: Quechua Collao, Quechua Qollaw
Autonym: Runa Simi
Population: 500,000. 100,000 monolinguals (2002).
Location:: Arequipa and Cusco regions: small areas; Moquegua region: highland area; Puno region.
Language Status: 4 (Educational).
Classification: Quechuan, Peripheral Quechua, Chinchay, Southern Chinchay, Southern Peruvian Quechua
Dialects: North Bolivian Quechua, Cailloma Quechua. Mutually intelligible of Cusco Quechua [quz] and North Bolivian Quechua [qul], possibly sufficient to understand complex and abstract discourse. A member of macrolanguage Quechua [que].
Typology: SOV.
Language Use: Used by all. Most also use Spanish [spa]. People in towns and cities mostly want their children to speak Spanish.
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 1%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: 71% (official figure for rural areas). Taught in primary schools. Literature. Radio. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1947–1971.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Quechua, Puno
Writing: Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments: Differs from Cusco Quechua [quz] in borrowing of lexicon and morphology from Aymara [ayr]. Christian, traditional religion.

Location: Arequipa and Cusco regions: small areas; Moquegua region: highland area; Puno region.