Wanka Quechua

Wanka Quechua
Wanka Quechua
Wanka Nunashimi, Wanka Limay
Native to	Peru
Native speakers	(Shawsha Wanka: 25,000 cited 1962 census); Waylla Wanka: 250,000 (2002)
Language family	Quechua Central (Quechua I) Wanka Quechua; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; qvw – Waylla Wanka; qxw – Shawsha (Jauja) Wanka
Glottolog	jauj1237

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.

References

^ ^a ^b Waylla Wanka at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
Shawsha (Jauja) Wanka at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

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[e25-1] Waylla Wanka at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
Shawsha (Jauja) Wanka at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

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