Chachapoyas Quechua Explained

Chachapoyas Quechua
Nativename:Amazonas Quechua
States:Perú
Speakers:7,000
Date:2003
Ref:e18
Familycolor:American
Fam1:Quechua
Fam2:Quechua II
Fam3:Northern
Fam4:Lowland Peruvian
Iso3:quk
Glotto:chac1250
Glottorefname:Chachapoyas Quechua

Chachapoyas or Amazonas Quechua is a variety of Quechua spoken in the provinces of Chachapoyas and Luya in the Peruvian region of Amazonas.

Chachapoyas Quechua is critically endangered, as hardly any children are now learning it. Conila is said to be the last village where children are still able to speak it.

Chachapoyas Quechua belongs to Quechua II, subgroup II-B (Lowland Peruvian Quechua).

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