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Yaru Quechua

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Yaru Quechua
Kichwa
Native toPerú
Native speakers
(90,000 cited 1993–2017)[1]
plus 20,000 Chaupihuaranga (1972 census, decreasing)[1]
Quechua
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
qva– Ambo-Pasco
qur– Chaupihuaranga / Yanahuanca
qxt– Santa Ana de Tusi Pasco
qvnNorth Junín
Glottologyaru1256
paca1245Pacaraos
ELPYaru Quechua

Yaru Quechuais adialect clusterofQuechua,spoken in the Peruvian provinces ofPascoandDaniel Alcides Carriónand neighboring areas in northernJunínandLima department.

The branch of Yaru which has been best described is Tarma Quechua, by Willem F. H. Adelaar in his 1977Tarma 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](SeeNorth Junín Quechua.)

References[edit]

  1. ^abAmbo-PascoatEthnologue(24th ed., 2021)Closed access icon
    Chaupihuaranga / YanahuancaatEthnologue(24th ed., 2021)Closed access icon
    Santa Ana de Tusi PascoatEthnologue(24th ed., 2021)Closed access icon
    North JunínatEthnologue(24th ed., 2021)Closed access icon
  2. ^Adelaar, Willem F. H. (1977).Tarma Quechua: Grammar, texts, dictionary.Amsterdam: Peter de Ridder. p. 20.

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