Puno Quechua
punu qhichwa simi
Puno Quechua is a Quechuan language spoken in Peru, by about 500 thousand people.
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Puno Quechua, also known as Quechua Collao (Qullaw), is a dialect of the Southern Quechua language, spoken in southern Peru near Bolivia.
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Words in Puno Quechua
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | runa* | |
| name | suti* | |
| eye | 5awi* | |
| ear | ninri* | |
| nose | sinqa* | |
| tooth | kiru* | |
| tongue | qaLu* | |
| hand | maki* | |
| blood | yawar* | |
| bone | tuLu* | |
| skin | qara* | |
| knee | qunquri* | |
| breast | 5u5u* | |
| water | unu* | |
| fire | nina* | |
| sun | inti* | |
| star | Caska* | |
| stone | rumi* | |
| mountain | urqu* | |
| tree | quqa* | |
| leaf | laphi* | |
| night | tuta* | |
| dog | alqu* | |
| louse | usa* | |
| one | ux* | |
| two | iskay* | |
| you | qan* | |
| we | nuqanCis* | |
| drink | uxa* | |
| see | riku* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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