Quichua, Cañar Highland

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A language of Ecuador

Alternate Names

Cañar Quichua, Kichwa, Quichua de la provincia de Cañar

Kichwa Shimi, Runa Shimi

User Population

100,000 (1991 UBS). Total Quichua in Ecuador: 408,000 (Crevels 2012).

Azuay, Cañar, and Chimborazo provinces; Morona-Santiago province: Morona canton.

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Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Quechuan, Peripheral Quechua, Chinchay, Northern Chinchay

None known. Very similar to Loja Highland Quichua [qvj]; some consider them to be a single language (2020 R. Aschmann). Lexical differences and a strong sense of linguistic and cultural identity. A member of macrolanguage Quechua [que].

SOV.

Strong use of Quichua away from the road.

Language Development

Texts. Bible: 2010.

Language Resources

OLAC resources in and about Quichua, Cañar Highland

Latin script [Latn].

Traditional religion, Christian.