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Quechua, Eastern Apurímac

A language of Peru

ISO 639-3: qve

Population	200,000 (2002 SIL). 80,000 monolinguals (30% in towns, 60%–70% in remote areas, especially at high altitudes). Ethnic population: 200,000.
Region	Apurímac Department: Abancay, Grau, Cotabambas, Antabamba Ayamaraes, and Andahuaylas provinces; Arequipa Department: La Unión Province.
Language map	Peru, reference number 31
Alternate names	Apurímac Quechua, Quechua del Este de Apurímac
Dialects	Abancay, Antabamba, Cotabambas. Arequipa-La Unión Quechua [qxu] very similar to the Antabamba dialect.
Classification	Quechuan, Quechua II, C A member of macrolanguage Quechua [que] (Peru).
Language use	Official language. All ages.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 1%–3%. Literacy rate in L2: 40%–50% (According to census: 65%). Census figure: 40,000 nonliterate adults. 35% of adults, or 20% of total population. In rural areas 48% of the adults are nonliterate. Taught in primary schools. Bible portions: 1974.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Different from Cusco Quechua [quz] and Ayacucho Quechua [quy]. 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.  

Vernacular Publications

Runasimita leesunchis. 2001.