Global InformationYaru Quechua information
| Yaru Quechua | |
|---|---|
| Kichwa | |
| Native to | Perú |
Native speakers | (90,000 cited 1993–2017)[1] plus 20,000 Chaupihuaranga (1972 census, decreasing)[1] |
Language family | Quechua
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:qva – Ambo-Pascoqur – Chaupihuaranga / Yanahuancaqxt – Santa Ana de Tusi Pascoqvn – North Junín |
| Glottolog | yaru1256paca1245 Pacaraos |
| ELP | Yaru Quechua |
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.
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.)
- ^ 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.
