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Quechua, South Bolivian

A language of Bolivia

ISO 639-3: quh

Population	2,780,000 in Bolivia (1987). Population total all countries: 3,635,000.
Region	Highland and lowland except around Apolo; Northwest Jujuy Quechua in Argentina. Also in Argentina.
Language map	Bolivia, reference number 20
Alternate names	Central Bolivian Quechua, Quechua Boliviano
Dialects	Sucre, Cochabamba, Oruro, Potosí, Chuquisaca, Northwest Jujuy. May be intelligible with Chilean Quechua [cqu].
Classification	Quechuan, Quechua II, C A member of macrolanguage Quechua [que] (Peru).
Language use	Official language.
Language development	Dictionary. Bible: 1986–1993.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	SOV. Traditional religion, Christian.

Also spoken in:

Argentina

Language name	Quechua, South Bolivian
Population	855,000 in Argentina. 200,000 temporary laborers, about 100,000 looking for work, 500,000 living in Buenos Aires (1971 F. Hicks). Possibly 70,000 in Salta Province.
Region	Buenos Aires, some working on docks; Salta Province.
Language map	Argentina and Chile, reference number 1
Alternate names	Central Bolivian Quechua
Dialects	Northwest Jujuy (Colla).
Comments	Different from Santiago del Estero [qus] (R. Nardi).

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

MATTESON, Esther, author. 1967. Bolivian Indian grammar 1.  

MATTESON, Esther, author. 1967. Bolivian Indian grammars 2.  

MATTESON, Esther, editor. 1965. Gramáticas estructurales de lenguas bolivianas 1-3.  

MORATÓ P., Luis, author; BURNS, Donald H., editor. 1996. Mama Florencia: life in the Andean village of Pocona in Bolivia, South America, by Luis Morató Peña in dialogue with his mother, the late Florencia Peña viuda de Morató.

MORATÓ P., Luis, author; BURNS, Donald H., editor. 1998. Mama Florencia: life in the Andean village of Pocona in Bolivia, South America by Luis Morató Peña in dialogue with his mother, the late Florencia Peña de Morató; parallel texts in Quechua/Spanish/English.

NIDA, Eugene A.; SHEDD, L. M., authors. 1952. A pedagogical grammar of the Quechua tongue.

SHERMAN, Grace; SPENST, Henry; SPENST, Ila; WRISLEY, Betsy, authors. 1965. "Quechua."  

SHERMAN, Grace; SPENST, Henry; SPENST, Ila; WRISLEY, Betsy, authors. 1967. "Quechua."  

WRISLEY, Betsy, author. 1981. Enablement in Bolivian Quechua narratives.

Vernacular Publications

¿Imaynataj runaj sonkonri? = ¿Cómo es el corazón humano? . 1974.

Cálculo. n.d.

Cartilla bilingüe de lectura y escritura en quechua-castellano. 1969.

Cay tucuy imas t'ucunapaj = Las Maravillas del universo. 1972.

Cuentoswan asiricuna. 1972.

Escritura quichua: Compañero de "Leesunchej" -- cartilla quichua. 1963.

K'oma jacañjjata = Llimphu cay = Cartilla de higiene. 1973.

Leesunchej. 1960.

Leesunchej. 1961.

Mamas yachanampaj = Guía de la madre. 1971.

Manual de analisis y composición de palabras para el libro de lectura "Satuku". 1979.

Ñanpi c'anchay. 1962.

Satuku. 1979.

Wasipi huertasta churanamanta. 1972.

Yarawis. 1972.