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Quechua, Cusco

A language of Peru

ISO 639-3: quz

Population	1,500,000 (1989 UBS). 300,000 to 500,000 monolinguals. Total Quechua in Peru 3,500,000 to 4,400,000 including Quechua I 750,000, Quechua II 2,675,000 (2000 Adelaar). Ethnic population: 1,500,000.
Region	Departments of Cusco, half of Puno, and northeast Arequipa.
Language map	Peru, reference number 30
Alternate names	Cuzco, Cuzco Quechua, Qheswa, Quechua Cusco, Quechua de Cusco-Collao, Quechua Qosqo-Qollaw, Runasimi Qusqu Qullaw
Dialects	Caylloma Quechua, Eastern Apurímac Quechua, Puno Quechua. Some dialect differences, but not as distinct as elsewhere. Substantial phonological and morphological differences with Ayacucho Quechua.
Classification	Quechuan, Quechua II, C A member of macrolanguage Quechua [que] (Peru).
Language use	Official language. All ages. City people generally want their children to speak primarily Spanish. In rural areas 65% of the population also use Spanish [spa], and in urban areas it might be 90%–95%.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 1%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: 62%. Taught in primary schools. Poetry. Radio programs. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 1988.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	SOV. Christian, traditional religion.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

HETTINGA, Justin, author. 2007. Performance measurement training in an oral culture.  

LORIOT, James, author. 1975. Notas sobre referencia en un texto quechua de Cuzco.  

PARKER, Stephen G., author. 1997. An OT account of laryngealization in Cuzco Quechua.  

PARKER, Stephen G., author. 2007. "Un análisis acústico del Quechua del Cusco (An acoustic analysis of Cusco Quechua)."  

PARKER, Stephen G., author. 2008. "Sound level protrusions as physical correlates of sonority."

PARKER, Stephen G.; QUINTERO, Deber, authors. 2007. "Un análisis acústico del quechua del Cusco."

PARKER, Stephen G.; WEBER, David J., authors. 1996. "Glottalized and aspirated stops in Cuzco Quechua."

PARKER, Stephen G.; WEBER, David J., authors. 1996. "Las oclusivas glotalizadas y aspiradas en el quechua del Cusco."  

WEBER, David J., editor. 1987. Juan del Oso.  

Vernacular Publications

Pachantin llaqtakunapi runaq allinkananpaq hatun kamachikuy. 1973.  

Palabras útiles en el quechua de Caylloma-Arequipa. 1985.

Runasimita Ñawinchasunchis. 2001.