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Cajamarca Quechua

Kashamarkapa runashimi

Cajamarca Quechua is a Quechuan language spoken in Peru, by about 30 thousand people. Glottolog rates it shifting.

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Cajamarca Quechua · 7.1°S 78.3°W

Cajamarca Quechua is a variety of Quechua spoken in the districts of Chetilla, Baños del Inca and Cajamarca (Porcón) in the Peruvian province of Cajamarca, along the northwest coast of Peru.

It was never spoken throughout the Cajamarca Department, where other indigenous languages like Kulyi, Jivaroan, or Mochica were spoken.

Cajamarca Quechua is severely endangered, as hardly any children are now learning it.

From Wikipedia · Cajamarca Quechua · CC BY-SA 4.0

Written down

Yumbay ollqokuna, warmikuna pullalla kashun leyninchiqkunawan. Manam ni pipapis kriyadunchu kanchiqllapa. Suqninchiq, suqninchiq atinchiqllapa yuyayta "imam alli, imam mana allichu" nishpa. Chayshina kaptin, shumaqta tiyashunllapa suq ayllushinalla.

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).

Words in Cajamarca Quechua

MeaningWordRomanization
personruna*
nameSuti*
eye5awi*
earrinri*
nosesiNa*
toothkiru*
tongueqadyu*
handmaki*
bloodyawar*
bonetuju*
skinqara*
kneequNuri*
breastCuCu*
wateryaku*
firenina*
sunrupay*
starluzeru*
stonerumi*
mountainurqu*
treeqiru*
leafrapra*
nighttuta*
dogaC3Xu*
louseusa*
onesuX*
twoiSkay*
youqam*
wenuXanjiX*
drinkupya*
seerika*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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Vocabulary

Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

Nearby languages

HibitoCulliChachapoyas QuechuaMochicaQuignamLambayeque QuechuaCorongo Ancash QuechuaSihuas Ancash QuechuaSan Martín QuechuaAguaruna

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