Yauyos–Chincha Quechua

Yauyos–Chincha Quechua
Huangáscar–Topará
Native toPeru
RegionChincha Province, Yauyos province
Native speakers
(13,000 cited 2000–2003)
Quechua
  • Yauyos–Chincha Quechua
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
qux – Yauyos Quechua
qxc – Chincha Quechua
Glottologyauy1235  Yauyos
chin1483  Chincha
ELPYauyos Quechua
Yauyos Quechua and neighboring varieties

Yauyos–Chincha Quechua or Yauyos Quechua is a language cluster of Quechua, spoken in the Yauyos and Chincha districts of Peru. 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 by Ethnologue 16, however, is part of Cajamarca-Lambayeque Quechua.

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