Quechua, Eastern Apurímac

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A language of Peru

ISO 639-3
qve
Alternate Names
Apurímac Quechua, Quechua del Este de Apurímac
Autonym
Runasimi
User Population

200,000 (2002 SIL). 80,000 monolinguals. 30% in towns, 60%–70% in remote areas, especially at high altitudes. Ethnic population: 200,000.

Location

Apurimac region: Abancay, Andahuaylas, Antabamba Ayamaraes, Cotabambas, and Grau provinces; Arequipa region: La Unión province; Ayacucho and Cusco regions.

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Language Status

4 (Educational).

Classification
Quechuan, Peripheral Quechua, Chinchay, Southern Chinchay, Southern Peruvian Quechua
Dialects

Abancay, Antabamba, Cotabambas. Arequipa-La Unión Quechua [qxu] reportedly very similar to the Antabamba dialect. A member of macrolanguage Quechua [que].

Typology

SOV.

Language Use

Used by all. Many also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 1%–3%. Literacy rate in L2: 40%–50% (census: 65%). 40,000 nonliterate adults. 35% of adults, or 20% of total population (census). In rural areas 48% of the adults are nonliterate. Taught as subject in primary schools. Texts. NT: 2012.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Quechua, Eastern Apurímac
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Different from Cusco Quechua [quz] and Ayacucho Quechua [quy]. Traditional religion, Christian.