Cajamarca–Cañaris Quechua

Cajamarca–Cañaris Quechua (locally called Kichwa or Runashimi, like other Quechua varieties) is a branch of Quechua spoken in northern Peru, consisting primarily of Cajamarca Quechua (Kashamarka, also known as Linwa), and Lambayeque Quechua (also known as Ferreñafe, Inkawasi-Kañaris Quechua), near the towns of Cajamarca and Cañaris in the Cajamarca and Lambayeque regions. Cajamarca and Lambayeque Quechua have 94% lexical similarity[1] and are mutually intelligible. Adelaar (2004) includes the dialect of Lincha District, far to the south on the border of the Lima and Huancavelica regions.

Cajamarca–Cañaris Quechua
Cajamarca–Lambayeque Quechua
Native toPerú
Native speakers
50,000 (1998–2003)[1]
plus a few hundred to few thousand Lincha
Quechua
  • Quechua II?
    • Cajamarca–Cañaris Quechua
Dialects
  • Ferreñafe (Cañaris)
  • Cajamarca
  • Lincha
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
qvc – Cajamarca Quechua
quf – Lambayeque Quechua
qux – (partial) Lincha Quechua
Glottologcaja1238  Cajamarca[2]
lamb1276  Lambayeque[3]
tana1291  Tana-Lincha[4]

Cajamarca–Cañaris Quechua is divergent from other varieties; although traditionally classified as a member of Quechua II-A,[5] some (Adelaar) believe it to be a primary branch of Quechua II, and others (Landerman, Taylor, Heggarty) believe it is a primary branch of Quechua, or include it in Quechua I. Félix Quesada published the first grammar and dictionary in 1976.

References
  1. Cajamarca Quechua at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Lambayeque Quechua at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    (partial) Lincha Quechua at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Cajamarca Quechua". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Lambayeque Quechua". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  4. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Tana-Lincha". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  5. Alfredo Torero: Los dialectos quechuas. Anales Científicos de la Universidad Agraria, 2, pp. 446–478. Lima, 1964.

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