Yaru Quechua is a dialect cluster of Quechua, spoken in the Peruvian provinces of Pasco and Daniel Alcides Carrión and neighboring areas in northern Junín and Lima department.
| Yaru Quechua | |
|---|---|
| Kichwa | |
| Native to | Perú |
Native speakers | (90,000 cited 1993–2017)[1] plus 20,000 Chaupihuaranga (1972 census, decreasing)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:qva – Ambo-Pascoqur – Chaupihuaranga / Yanahuancaqxt – Santa Ana de Tusi Pascoqvn – North Junín |
| Glottolog | yaru1256paca1245 Pacaraos |
| ELP | Yaru Quechua |
The branch of Yaru which has been best described is Tarma Quechua, by Willem F. H. Adelaar in his 1977 Tarma Quechua: Grammar, texts, dictionary. Tarma Quechua is spoken in the districts of Tarma, Huaricolca, Acobamba, La Unión Leticia, Palca, Palcamayo, Tapo, Huasahuasi and San Pedro de Cajas in Junín region, Peru.[2] (See North Junín Quechua.)
References
edit- ^ a b Ambo-Pasco at Ethnologue (24th ed., 2021)
Chaupihuaranga / Yanahuanca at Ethnologue (24th ed., 2021)
Santa Ana de Tusi Pasco at Ethnologue (24th ed., 2021)
North Junín at Ethnologue (24th ed., 2021)
- ^ Adelaar, Willem F. H. (1977). Tarma Quechua: Grammar, texts, dictionary. Amsterdam: Peter de Ridder. p. 20.
Bibliography
edit- Adelaar, Willem (2004). The Languages of the Andes. Cambridge Language Surveys. With the collaboration of Pieter C. Muysken. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511486852. ISBN 978-0-521-36831-5.
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