Wanka Quechua

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Wanka Quechua
Wanka Nunashimi
Native toPerú
Native speakers
(23,000 Shawsha Wanka cited 1962 census)[1]
250,000 Waylla Wanka (2002)
Quechua
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
qvw – Waylla Wanka
qxw – Shawsha (Jauja) Wanka
Glottologjauj1237
ELPJauja-Huanca Quechua

Wanka Quechua is a variety of the Quechua language, spoken in the southern part of Peruvian region of Junín by the Huancas.

Wanka Quechua belongs to Quechua I, like Ancash Quechua. It has about 300,000 speakers and three main dialects: Waylla Wanka in Huancayo and Chupaca provinces, Waycha Wanka in Concepción and Shawsha Wanka in Jauja. Rodolfo Cerrón Palomino, a native Wanka speaker, published the first Wanka grammar and dictionary in 1977.

References[]

  1. ^ Waylla Wanka at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Shawsha (Jauja) Wanka at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)


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