Quechua, Yauyos
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Yauyos Quechua Ethnic Population
Given the newly established distinction between Yauyos Quechua and Chincha Quechua, we have these Ethnic Population figures for peasant communities in the respective districts of northern Yauyos province, Lima Department, according to the 2017 census in Peru: Laraos has one community of 456 persons; Huancaya has two communities of 345 persons and Vitis has one community of 273 persons, which totals 618 for the two disticts viewed as one language variety together; and Tomás has two communities of 489 persons and Alis has two communities of 248 persons -- a total of 737 persons for the Alis-Tomás variety. The latter is the only one that still has Quechua speakers (182) in the community of San Lorenzo de Alis, which has a population of 232. Thus, we have a total Ethnic Population for Yauyos Quechua at 1,811.
We will add an ethnic population for Yauyos Quechua [qux] in Peru, to be included in the next edition of the Ethnologue.
Speakers
The figure of 6,500 speakers for these dialects in 2003 is overly exaggerated in light of recent research (Aviva Shimelman, who gives less than 450 speakers for southern Yauyos dialects and none for northern Yauyos in 2010) and returns of the 2017 census in Peru, which registered only 278 Quechua speakers in Viñac province and 106 speakers in Madeán province (Madeán dialect) and 63 Quechua speakers in Cacra province and 22 speakers in Hongos province (Cacra-Hongos dialect). No other southern Yauyos provinces show Quechua speakers. In Ica department, San Pedro de Huacarpana province shows a maximum of 407 Quechua speakers. The current figure needs to be drastically reduced.
We will update the L1 speaker population for Yauyos Quechua [qux] in Peru, to be included in the next edition of the Ethnologue.