Yauyos–Chincha Quechua | |
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Huangáscar–Topará | |
Native to | Peru |
Region | Chincha Province, Yauyos province |
Native speakers | (13,000 cited 2000–2003)[1] |
Quechua
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:qux – Yauyos Quechuaqxc – Chincha Quechua |
Glottolog | yauy1235 Yauyoschin1483 Chincha |
ELP | Yauyos Quechua |
![]() Yauyos Quechua and neighboring varieties |
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]
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]
Bilabial | Labio-dental | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||
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Stop | voiceless | p ⟨p⟩ | t ⟨t⟩ | ʈ ⟨tr⟩ | c ⟨ch⟩ | k ⟨k⟩ | q ⟨q⟩ | |||
voiced | (b) ⟨b⟩ | (d) ⟨d⟩ | (g) ⟨g⟩ | |||||||
Fricative | voiceless | (f) ⟨f⟩ | s ⟨s⟩ | ʃ ⟨sh⟩ | h ⟨h⟩ | |||||
voiced | (v) ⟨v⟩ | |||||||||
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 found in loanwords from Spanish.