Inga Kichwa

Inga Kichwa is a dialect of Kichwa spoken in the Colombian Putumayo region by the Inga people. There are two dialects: Highland Inga, spoken in the Sibundoy valley; and Jungle Inga, spoken on the Putumayo and Japurá Rivers.

NativetoColombia

RegionPutumayo Department

EthnicityInga people

Native speakers

(undated figure of 11,200)^[1]

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Inga Kichwa
Ingano
Native to	Colombia
Region	Putumayo Department
Ethnicity	Inga people
Native speakers	(undated figure of 11,200)[1]
Language family	Quechua Quechua II Northern Kichwa Inga Kichwa
Dialects	Highland Jungle
Language codes
ISO 639-3	inb – inclusive code Highland Inga Individual code: inj – Jungle Inga
Glottolog	inga1252
ELP	Inga
Map of Inga Kichwa
Inga Kichwa is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger[2]

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