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Cajamarca Quechua

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Cajamarca Quechua
Kashamarka Runashimi
Native toPerú
Native speakers
30,000 (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3qvc
Glottologcaja1238
ELPCajamarca Quechua

Cajamarca Quechuais a variety ofQuechuaspoken in the districts ofChetilla,Baños del IncaandCajamarca(Porcón) in thePeruvianprovince ofCajamarca,along the northwest coast of Peru.

It was never spoken throughout theCajamarca Department,where other indigenous languages likeKulyi,Jivaroan,orMochicawere spoken.

Cajamarca Quechua is severely endangered, as hardly any children are now learning it.

Cajamarca Quechua belongs toQuechua II,subgroupCajamarca–Cañaris(Quechua II a, Yunkay) and is closest toLambayeque Quechua,with which it has 94% lexical similarity.[1]Félix Quesada published the first grammar and dictionary in 1976.[2]

Phonology

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There are three vowels: /a, i, u/[3]

Consonants
Bilabial Alveolar Alveolo-palatal Retroflex Palatal Velar Uvular
Stop p t k q
Affricate voiceless t͡ʃ ʈʂ
voiced d͡ʒ
Fricative voiceless s ʃ ʂ x
voiced ʐ
Nasal m n ɲ
Approximant l j w
Flap ɾ

References

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  1. ^abCajamarca QuechuaatEthnologue(18th ed., 2015)(subscription required)
  2. ^Castillo, Félix Quesada (1976).Diccionario quechua, Cajamarca-Cañaris(in Quechua). Ministerio de Educación.
  3. ^"SAPhon – South American Phonological Inventories".linguistics.berkeley.edu.Retrieved2018-07-21.

Bibliography

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  • Félix Quesada C. (1976): Diccionario Quechua de Cajamarca–Cañaris [–Castellano y vice versa]. Ministerio de educación del Perú.
  • Félix Quesada C. (1976): Gramática quechua, Cajamarca-Cañaris. Ministerio de educación del Perú.
  • David Coombs et al. (2003): Rimashun kichwapi: Hablemos en quechua
  • Marco A. Arana Zegarra (2002):Resolución de Conflictos Medioambientales en la Microcuenca del Río Porcón, Cajamarca 1993-2002.Thesis 2002, Pontífica Universidad Católica del Perú.
  • Ronel Groenewald et al. (2002): Shumaq liyinawan yaĉakushun - Aprendamos con los cuentos bonitos
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Stories in Cajamarca Quechua

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