Lambayeque Quechua Explained

Lambayeque Quechua
Nativename:Inkawasi-Kañaris Runashimi
States:Perú
Speakers:20,000
Date:1998
Ref:e18
Familycolor:American
Fam1:Quechua
Fam2:Quechua II
Fam3:North Peruvian
Iso3:quf
Glotto:lamb1276
Glottorefname:Lambayeque Quechua

Inkawasi-Kañaris is a variety of Quechua spoken in the districts of Incahuasi and Cañaris, Ferreñafe in the Peruvian region of Lambayeque.

Inkawasi-Kañaris Quechua belongs to Quechua II, subgroup Cajamarca–Cañaris (Quechua II a, Yunkay) and is closest to Cajamarca Quechua, with which it has 94% lexical similarity.

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