Quechua, Jauja Wanca

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Huanca Jauja Quechua, Quechua shausha huanca, Shausha Wanka Quechua

25,000 (1962 census). Ethnic population: 77,700 (2000).

Junin region: Jauja province; small area; Lima region.

Language Maps

6b* (Threatened).

None known. Considerable phonological differences with North Junín [qvn]. A member of macrolanguage Quechua [que].

SOV; 16 consonants and 6 vowels (3 short, 3 long).

Also use Spanish [spa].

Grammar.

Unwritten [Qaax].