Yaru Quechua Explained

Yaru Quechua
Nativename:Kichwa
States:Perú
Date:1993–2017
Ref:e24
Speakers2:plus Chaupihuaranga (1972 census, decreasing)
Familycolor:American
Fam1:Quechua
Fam2:Central (Quechua I)
Lc1:qva
Ld1:Ambo-Pasco
Lc2:qur
Ld2:Chaupihuaranga / Yanahuanca
Lc3:qxt
Ld3:Santa Ana de Tusi Pasco
Lc4:qvn
Ld4:North Junín
Glotto:yaru1256
Glottorefname:Yaru Quechua
Glotto2:paca1245
Glottoname2:Pacaraos
Glottorefname2:Pacaraos Quechua

Yaru Quechua is a dialect cluster of Quechua, spoken in the Peruvian provinces of Pasco and Daniel Alcides Carrión and neighboring areas in northern Junín and Lima department.

The branch of Yaru which has been best described is Tarma Quechua, by Willem F. H. Adelaar in his 1977 Tarma Quechua: Grammar, texts, dictionary. Tarma Quechua is spoken in the districts of Tarma, Huaricolca, Acobamba, La Unión Leticia, Palca, Palcamayo, Tapo, Huasahuasi and San Pedro de Cajas in Junín region, Peru.[1] (See North Junín Quechua.)

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Book: Adelaar , Willem F. H. . Tarma Quechua: Grammar, texts, dictionary. Peter de Ridder. 1977. Amsterdam. 20.