| Yauyos–Chincha Quechua | |
|---|---|
| Huangáscar–Topará | |
| Native to | Peru |
| Region | Chincha Province,Yauyos province |
Native speakers | (13,000 cited 2000–2003)[1] |
Quechua
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:qux – Yauyos Quechuaqxc – Chincha Quechua |
| Glottolog | yauy1235 Yauyoschin1483 Chincha |
| ELP | Yauyos Quechua |
 Yauyos Quechua and neighboring varieties | |
 Quechua of Yauyos is classified as Critically Endangered by theUNESCOAtlas of the World's Languages in Danger. | |
Yauyos–Chincha Quechua orYauyos Quechua is alanguage cluster ofQuechua, spoken in theYauyos andChincha districts ofPeru. There are numerous dialects: in Yauyos,San Pedro de Huacarpana, Apurí, Madean-Viñac (Madeán), Azángaro-Huangáscar-Chocos (Huangáscar), Cacra-Hongos, Tomás-Alis (Alis), Huancaya-Vitis, Laraos, with similar diversity in Chincha.
The Tana-Lincha (Lincha) dialect included byEthnologue 16, however, is part ofCajamarca-Lambayeque Quechua.[2]
Yauyos Quechua omits several distinctions present in other Quechuan languages. The orthography used below is the one used inA Grammar of Yauyos Quechua.[3]
| Bilabial | Labio-dental | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | voiceless | p⟨p⟩ | t⟨t⟩ | ʈ⟨tr⟩ | c⟨ch⟩ | k⟨k⟩ | q⟨q⟩ | |||
| voiced | (b)⟨b⟩ | (d)⟨d⟩ | (g)⟨g⟩ | |||||||
| Fricative | voiceless | (f)⟨f⟩ | s⟨s⟩ | ʃ⟨sh⟩ | h⟨h⟩ | |||||
| voiced | (v)⟨v⟩ | |||||||||
| Nasal | m⟨m⟩ | n⟨n⟩ | ɲ⟨ñ⟩ | |||||||
| Approximant | β⟨w⟩ | j⟨y⟩ | ||||||||
| Lateral | l⟨l⟩ | ʎ⟨ll⟩ | ||||||||
| Flap | ɾ⟨r⟩ | |||||||||
| Trill | (r)⟨rr⟩ | |||||||||
Sounds in parentheses are only found in loanwords fromSpanish.
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