Quichua, Calderón Highland

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A language of Ecuador

ISO 639-3
qud
Alternate Names
Calderón Quichua, Cayambe Quichua, Kichwa, Pichincha Quichua, Quichua de la Sierra Cayambe, Salcedo Quichua
Autonym
Kichwa Shimi, Runa Shimi
User Population

25,000 (1987 SIL). Ethnic population: 35,000 (2000). Total Quichua in Ecuador: 408,000 (Crevels 2012).

Location

Cotopaxi province and Napo provinces; Pichincha province: Calderon, Cayambe and Quito areas.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Quechuan, Peripheral Quechua, Chinchay, Northern Chinchay
Dialects

None known. Distinct from Chimborazo [qug], Imbabura [qvi], and Salasaca [qxl]. A member of macrolanguage Quechua [que].

Typology

SOV.

Language Use

Home. Some of all ages. Also use Spanish [spa], with some shifting.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Quichua, Calderón Highland
Writing

Latin script [Latn].