Indigenous language of the central Andes of South America
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Southern Quechua
Quechua II-C
Qhichwa
Pronunciation
Quechua pronunciation:[qʰɛtʃwa]
Native to
Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile
Region
Countries of the Andean highlands of South America, minorities in neighboring countries and some parts of Asia and Europe
Ethnicity
Quechua, Qulla, Inka
(historically)
Native speakers
(5 million cited 1987–2014)[1]
Language family
Quechuan
Quechua II
Quechua IIC
Southern Quechua
Early form
Classical Quechua
Dialects
Ayacucho
Cusco
Puno (Collao)
North Bolivian
South Bolivian
Santiagueño
Writing system
Latin script (Quechua alphabet)
Official status
Official language in
List of countries where Southern Quechua is an official language
Bolivia[2]
Peru
List of countries where Southern Quechua is a regional language
Argentina[3]
List of countries where Southern Quechua is a minority native language
Catamarca and La Rioja Quechua (extinct variety in Argentina)
Linguasphere
84-FAA-h
People
Qulla
Language
Qichwa
Country
Qullaw
Southern Quechua (Quechua: Urin qichwa, Spanish: quechua sureño), or simply Quechua (Qichwa or Qhichwa), is the most widely spoken of the major regional groupings of mutually intelligible dialects within the Quechua language family, with about 6.9 million speakers.[citation needed] Besides Guaraní it is the only indigenous language of America with more than 5 million speakers. The term Southern Quechua refers to the Quechuan varieties spoken in regions of the Andes south of a line roughly east–west between the cities of Huancayo and Huancavelica in central Peru. It includes the Quechua varieties spoken in the regions of Ayacucho, Cusco and Puno in Peru, in much of Bolivia and parts of north-west Argentina. The most widely spoken varieties are Cusco, Ayacucho, Puno (Collao), and South Bolivian.
In the traditional classification of the Quechua language family by Alfredo Torero, Southern Quechua is equivalent to Torero's 'Quechua IIc' (or just 'QIIc'). It thus stands in contrast to its many sister varieties within the wider Quechuan family that are spoken in areas north of the Huancayo–Huancavelica line: Central Quechua (Torero's QI) spoken from Huancayo northwards to the Ancash Region; North Peruvian Quechua around Cajamarca and Incahuasi (Torero's IIa); and Kichwa (part of Torero's Quechua IIb).
^Classical Quechua at Ethnologue (24th ed., 2021) Ayacucho Quechua at Ethnologue (24th ed., 2021) Arequipa-La Unión Quechua at Ethnologue (24th ed., 2021) Cusco Quechua at Ethnologue (24th ed., 2021) Eastern Apurímac Quechua at Ethnologue (24th ed., 2021) Puno Quechua (Collao) at Ethnologue (24th ed., 2021) (Additional references under 'Language codes' in the information box)
^"Justia Bolivia :: Nueva Constitución Política Del Estado > PRIMERA PARTE > TÍTULO I > CAPÍTULO PRIMERO :: Ley de Bolivia". bolivia.justia.com. Archived from the original on 25 February 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
^La educación intercultural bilingüe en Santiago del Estero, ¿mito o realidad? [La cámara de diputados de la provincia sanciona con fuerza de ley.] (in Spanish). Cámara de Diputados de la Nación. p. 1. Declárase de interés oficial la preservación, difusión, estímulo, estudio y práctica de la lengua Quíchua en todo el territorio de la provincia [..]
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