Quechua, Puno
A language of Peru
| Population | 500,000. 100,000 monolinguals (2002). |
| Region | Puno Department, northeast Arequipa Department, Moquegua Department highland area. |
| Language map |
Peru, reference number 67 |
| Alternate names | Quechua Collao, Quechua Qollaw |
| Dialects | North Bolivian Quechua, Cailloma Quechua. Mutually intelligible with Cusco Quechua [quz] and North Bolivian Quechua [qul]: possibly sufficient to understand complex and abstract discourse. |
| Classification | Quechuan, Quechua II, C A member of macrolanguage Quechua [que] (Peru). |
| Language use | Official language. All ages. People in towns and cities mostly want their children to speak Spanish. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 1%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: 71% (official figure for rural areas). Taught in primary schools. Radio programs. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 1988. |
| Comments | Differs from Cusco Quechua [quz] in borrowing of lexicon and morphology from Aymara [ayr]. SOV. Christian, traditional religion. |
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