Huaylas Quechua
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Quechuan language of west-central Peru
| Huaylas Quechua | |
|---|---|
| Nunashimi, Qichwa | |
| Native to | Peru |
Native speakers | 170,000 (2017)[1] |
Quechua
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| Dialects | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | qwh |
| Glottolog | huay1240 |
| ELP | Huaylas Quechua |
| Huaylas Quechua in Ancash | |
Huaylas Quechua is an Ancash Quechua dialect spoken in the Callejón de Huaylas and in the western slope of the Cordillera Negra.
The main peculiarities of this variety are phonetic. In Quechua Ancash-Huailas a phenomenon of monophthongation of syllables with semiconsonants in coda is present: "aw" is often pronounced as [oː] elongated, likewise "ay" as [eː]. For example, awmi is pronounced [oːmi], chawpi (center) [t͡ʃoːpi] and aywan (walks) as [eːwan]. In grammatical terms, Huaylas lacks the suffix -ski.
Bibliography
[edit ]- Menacho López, Leonel Alexander (2005). Yachakuqkunapa Shimi Qullqa: Anqash Qichwa Shimichaw. Lima: Ministerio de Educación de Perú. ISBN 9972-881-30-X.
References
[edit ]- ^ Huaylas Quechua at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
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