Quechua, Jauja Wanca

A language of Peru

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Huanca Jauja Quechua, Shausha Wanka Quechua

Population

25,000 (1962 census). Ethnic population: 77,700 (2000).

Location

Central Junín Region, Jauja province.

Language Status

6b (Threatened). Language of recognized nationality (1999, Constitution, Article 48).

Classification

Dialects

Considerable phonological differences with North Junín [qvn].

Typology

SOV

Language Use

Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development

Grammar.

Language Resources