Quichua, Loja Highland

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A language of Ecuador

ISO 639-3
qvj
Alternate Names
Loja Quichua, Saraguro Quichua
Autonym
Runa Shimi
Population

30,500 (2000). Total Quichua in Ecuador: 408,000 (Crevels 2012).

Location

Azuay province; El Oro province: Portovelo and Zeruma cantons; Loja province: Sarragaro area; Zamora-Chinchipe province: Yacuambi canton, sizable community in Zamora city; southern highlands.

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Language Status

8a (Moribund).

Classification
Quechuan, Peripheral Quechua, Chinchay, Northern Chinchay
Dialects

None known. Reportedly similar to Cañar Highland Quichua [qxr]. A member of macrolanguage Quechua [que].

Typology

SOV.

Language Use

Older adults only. Positive attitudes.

Language Development
Only standardized or Unified Quichua is taught formally.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Quichua, Loja Highland
Writing

Latin script [Latn], experimental usage.

Other Comments

Trend to see Unified Quichua as proper grammar. Traditional religion, Christian.

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