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Quechua, Cajamarca

A language of Peru

ISO 639-3: qvc

Population	30,000 (2000 D. Coombs).
Region	Cajamarca, Chetilla, and Los Baños districts. Western dialect in Chetilla District; Eastern dialect in Porcón and areas around Cajamarca valley.
Language map	Peru, reference number 15
Dialects	Western Cajamarca, Eastern Cajamarca. Relatively minor dialect differences. Lexical similarity: 94% with Lambayeque [quf] (most similar), 92% with Pacaraos [qvp].
Classification	Quechuan, Quechua II, A A member of macrolanguage Quechua [que] (Peru).
Language use	Official language. Relatively strong use in 8 to 10 communities. Strong pressure from Spanish in all communities because of secondary schools and gold mining in the area. Many deny its existence (2000 D. Coombs). Home. Mainly adults. Low prestige. At least 20,000 to 25,000 speak a country dialect of Spanish.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 5%–10%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–35%. Series of basic primers and graded readers in Quechua. Some Quechua reading classes in a few rural schools. A few Quechua reading and grammar classes in rural high schools. Radio programs. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 2004.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	SOV. Agriculturalists; animal husbandry; handcrafts production; seasonal manual labor. Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

COOMBS, David M., author. 1981. "We’re all equal": language, ethnicity, and inequality in a North Peruvian Quechua community.

COOMBS, David M., author. 1986. "El quechua de Cajamarca."

COOMBS, David M., author. 1987. "Diferencias culturales y relaciones inter-étnicas: Quechuahablantes campesinos y castellanohablantes urbanos en Cajamarca."

COOMBS, David M., author. 1987. Todos somos iguales: Concepciones idealizadas y realidad social en una comunidad quechua de Cajamarca.  

COOMBS, David M., author. 1989. The rural library system in Cajamarca.

COOMBS, David M.; COOMBS, Heidi, authors. 1975. Yachrakushun kichwata (Una introducción al quechua cajamarquino).

COOMBS, David M.; COOMBS, Heidi; ORTIZ CH., Blanca, authors. 1997. Rimashun kichwapi (Hablemos en quechua: Una introducción al quechua cajamarquino).  

COOMBS, David M.; COOMBS, Heidi; ORTIZ CH., Blanca, authors. 2003. Rimashun kichwapi (Hablemos en quechua: una introducción al quechua cajamarquino).

COOMBS, David M.; HILL, Jane H., authors. 1982. "The vernacular remodelling of national and international languages."

COOMBS, David, author. 2011. "Influencia entre el castellano y el quechua en Cajamarca."

COOMBS, Heidi, author. 1975. "La cláusula relativa en quechua de Cajamarca."  

COOMBS, Heidi, author. 1975. Datos Etno-Lingüísticos 5.  

COOMBS, Heidi, author. 1985. "La cita en el quechua de Cajamarca."

COOMBS, Heidi, author. 1988. El sufijo multifuncional "-ku" en el quechua de Cajamarca.

COOMBS, Heidi, author. 1996. "Una taxonomia semantica y sintactica de la descripción en el quechua de Cajamarca."  

COOMBS, Heidi, author. 2008. "El sufijo multifuncional -ku en el quechua de Cajamarca."

COOMBS, Thomas, author. 1992. "Diferencias lingüísticas entre el quechua de Porcón y el de Chetilla."  

MEIER, Elke; WEBER, David J., editors. 2008. ACHKAY: Mito vigente en el mundo quechua.  

SHAVER, Dwight A.; SHAVER, Gwynne L., authors. 1992. "Diferencias lingüísticas entre el quechua de Lambayeque y el de Cajamarca."  

TRUDELL, Barbara; TRUDELL, Joel, authors. 1985. Notes on a monodialectal writers workshop, Cajamarca dialect of Quechua.

TRUDELL, Barbara; TRUDELL, Joel, authors. 1990. "Notas sobre un taller de autores quechuas."  

Vernacular Publications

¿Imam kaykuna? Adibinansakuna. 1993.  

Anapa wishan chingan. 1994.  

Cuentokuna llaqtancheqmanta. 1979.  

Declaración universal de derechos humanos. 1988.  

Frases utiles: Quechua de Cajamarca. 2001.  

Liyishun. 1996.  

Luchu Anawan (Luchu y Ana: Cartilla 3, libro de lectura). 1990.

Luchu anawan. 2001.  

Luchu Anawan; Cartilla No. 3 libro de lectura; Quechua de Cajamarca. 1995.

Luchupa kirun nanan. 1993.  

Marikita. 1996.  

Rikashpa, yuyashpa, rurashun. 1995.  

Rimashun kichwapi 1. 1992.

Runa puñuyta munan binsiyta. 1993.  

Sarku runa rikakun. 1993.  

Shamuyri reqsinayki. 1993.  

Shumaq kwintukuna. 1983.  

Unay kwintitukuna. 1997.