Quechua, Huallaga

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A language of Peru

Alternate Names
Alto Huallaga, Huallaga Huánuco Quechua, Quechua Huallaguino, Quechua de Huánuco, Quechua de Llacón, Quechua de Matihuaca
Autonym
Runa shimi
User Population

23,900 (2017 census).

Location

Huanuco region: Huánuco province, Churubamba and Santa Maria del Valle districts.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

Dialects

A member of macrolanguage Quechua [que].

Typology

SOV.

Language Use

Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. Radio. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 2010.

Writing

Latin script [Latn].