Quechua, North Bolivian

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ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

North La Paz Quechua

Autonym

Quechua

Population

116,000 in Bolivia (1978 census), increasing. 18,500 monolinguals.

Location

La Paz department: Franz Tamayo province, Apolo region.

Language Maps

Language Status

2 (Provincial). Recognized language (2009, Constitution, Article 5(1)).

Classification

Dialects

Apolo, Charazani, Chuma. A member of macrolanguage Quechua [que].

Typology

SOV.

Language Use

Vigorous. All domains, religious services, commerce, and labor. Positive attitudes. Many also use Spanish [spa]. Also use Central Aymara [ayr].

Language Development

Some bilingual education. Newspapers. Radio. TV. NT: 1985.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Christian.