Yauyos–Chincha Quechua

Yauyos–Chincha Quechua
Huangáscar–Topará
Native toPeru
Native speakers
13,000 (2000–2003)[1]
Quechua
  • Yauyos–Chincha Quechua
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
qux – Yauyos Quechua
qxc – Chincha Quechua
Glottologyauy1235  Yauyos
chin1483  Chincha
ELPYauyos Quechua

Yauyos–Chincha Quechua or Yauyos Quechua is a language cluster of Quechua, spoken in the Yauyos and Chincha districts of Peru. There are numerous dialects: in Yauyos, San Pedro de Huacarpana, Apurí, Madean-Viñac (Madeán), Azángaro-Huangáscar-Chocos (Huangáscar), Cacra-Hongos, Tomás-Alis (Alis), Huancaya-Vitis, Laraos, with similar diversity in Chincha.

The Tana-Lincha (Lincha) dialect included by Ethnologue 16, however, is part of Cajamarca-Lambayeque Quechua.[2]

Phonology

Yauyos Quechua omits several distinctions present in other Quechuan languages. The orthography used below is the one used in A Grammar of Yauyos Quechua.[3]

Consonants

Bilabial Labio-dental Alveolar Post-alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Stop p ⟨p⟩

(b) ⟨b⟩

t ⟨t⟩

(d) ⟨d⟩

ʈ ⟨tr⟩ c ⟨ch⟩ k ⟨k⟩

(g) ⟨g⟩

q ⟨q⟩
Fricative (f) ⟨f⟩

(v) ⟨v⟩

s ⟨s⟩ ʃ ⟨sh⟩ h ⟨h⟩
Nasal m ⟨m⟩ n ⟨n⟩ ɲ ⟨ñ⟩
Approximant β ⟨w⟩ j ⟨y⟩
Lateral l ⟨l⟩ ʎ ⟨ll⟩
Flap ɾ ⟨r⟩
Trill (r) ⟨rr⟩

Sounds in parentheses are only in loanwords from Spanish.

Yauyos Quechua and neighboring varieties

References

  1. ^ Yauyos Quechua at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Chincha Quechua at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Adelaar, 2004. The Languages of the Andes.
  3. ^ Shimelman, Aviva (10 March 2017). A Grammar Of Yauyos Quechua. Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.376355.

Bibliography

Online Dictionaries

Yauyos Quechua test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator


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