Yauyos–Chincha Quechua

Yauyos–Chincha Quechua
Huangáscar–Topará
Native toPeru
RegionChincha Province, Yauyos province
Native speakers
(13,000 cited 2000–2003)
Quechua
  • Yauyos–Chincha Quechua
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
qux – Yauyos Quechua
qxc – Chincha Quechua
Glottologyauy1235  Yauyos
chin1483  Chincha
ELPYauyos Quechua
Yauyos Quechua and neighboring varieties
Quechua of Yauyos is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.

Yauyos–Chincha Quechua or Yauyos Quechua is a language cluster of Quechua, spoken in the Yauyos and Chincha districts of Peru. There are numerous dialects: in Yauyos, San Pedro de Huacarpana, Apurí, Madean-Viñac (Madeán), Azángaro-Huangáscar-Chocos (Huangáscar), Cacra-Hongos, Tomás-Alis (Alis), Huancaya-Vitis, Laraos, with similar diversity in Chincha.

The Tana-Lincha (Lincha) dialect included by Ethnologue 16, however, is part of Cajamarca-Lambayeque Quechua.

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