Wanka Quechua Explained

Wanka Quechua
Nativename:'Wanka Nunashimi, Wanka Limay'
States:Perú
Speakers:Shawsha Wanka: 25,000
Date:1962 census
Ref:e25
Speakers2:Waylla Wanka: 250,000 (2002)
Familycolor:American
Fam1:Quechua
Fam2:Central (Quechua I)
Lc1:qvw
Ld1:Waylla Wanka
Lc2:qxw
Ld2:Shawsha (Jauja) Wanka
Glotto:jauj1237
Glottorefname:Jauja–Huanca

Wanka Quechua (Wanka Limay, Wanka Nunashimi) is a Quechuan language (part of the Quechua languages), spoken in the southern part of Peruvian region of Junín by the Wanka people.

Wanka Quechua belongs to Quechua I, like Ancash Quechua. It has about 300,000 speakers and three main dialects: Waylla Wanka in Huancayo and Chupaca provinces, Waycha Wanka in Concepción and Shawsha Wanka in Jauja. Rodolfo Cerrón Palomino, a native Wanka speaker, published the first Wanka grammar and dictionary in 1977.