Wanka Quechua

Quechua variety of Peru
Wanka Quechua
Wanka Nunashimi
Native toPerú
Native speakers
(Shawsha Wanka: 25,000 cited 1962 census)[1]
Waylla Wanka: 250,000 (2002)[1]
Language family
Quechua
  • Central (Quechua I)
    • Wanka Quechua
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
qvw – Waylla Wanka
qxw – Shawsha (Jauja) Wanka
Glottologjauj1237

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. ^ a b Waylla Wanka at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
    Shawsha (Jauja) Wanka at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
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