Wanka Quechua
Quechua variety of Peru
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Wanka Quechua (Wanka Limay, Wanka Nunashimi) is a Quechuan language (part of the Quechua languages), spoken in the southern part of Peruvian region of Junín by the Wanka people.
| Wanka Quechua | |
|---|---|
| Wanka Nunashimi, Wanka Limay | |
| Native to | Peru |
Native speakers | (Shawsha Wanka: 25,000 cited 1962 census)[1] Waylla Wanka: 250,000 (2002)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:qvw – Waylla Wankaqxw – Shawsha (Jauja) Wanka |
| Glottolog | jauj1237 |
Wanka Quechua belongs to Quechua I, similar to Ancash Quechua. It has about 300,000 speakers and three main dialects: Waylla Wanka in Huancayo and Chupaca provinces, Waycha Wanka in Concepción and Shawsha Wanka in Jauja. Rodolfo Cerrón Palomino, a native Wanka speaker, published the first Wanka grammar and dictionary in 1977.
Phonology
Consonants
- Other sounds /b, d, f/ are heard from Spanish loanwords.
- /n/ may be heard as velar [ŋ] when in other environments.
- /ʃ/ can be heard as retroflex [ʂ] in free variation.
- /k/ can be heard as [ɡ] when in intervocalic positions.
- /h/ may also be heard as velar [x] in free variation.
Vowels
- Vowel length is also distinctive
- Sounds [e, o] are from Spanish loanwords.[2]
