Quichua, Salasaca Highland

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A language of Ecuador

ISO 639-3
qxl
Alternate Names
Kichwa, Salasaca Quichua, Salasaka Quichua, Tungurahua Highland Quichua, Tungurahua Quichua
Autonym
Runa Shimibi, Salasaca Shimibi
User Population

14,300 (2000). Total Quichua in Ecuador: 408,000 (Crevels 2012). 3,580 monolinguals. Children 0–5 and older adults.

Location

Tungurahua province: immediate area around the towns of Salasaca and Pelileo, west of the Cutuchi river.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Quechuan, Peripheral Quechua, Chinchay, Northern Chinchay
Dialects

A member of macrolanguage Quechua [que].

Typology

SOV; 21 consonants and 3 vowels.

Language Use

Home, community, agriculture, religion. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Most also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 50% in Spanish [spa]. Literature. NT: 2017.

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

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Lexically distinct from Chimborazo [qug], Imbabura [qvi], and Calderón [qud]. Population growing in the Galápagos Islands. Traditional religion, Christian.