Yauyos Quechua
Yawyu runasimi
Yauyos Quechua is a Quechuan language spoken in Peru, by about 13 thousand people. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.
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Yauyos Quechua is a moribund language cluster of Quechua, spoken in the Yauyos and Chincha districts of Peru. There are numerous dialects: in Yauyos, San Pedro de Huacarpana, Apurí, Madean-Viñac (Madeán), Azángaro-Huangáscar-Chocos (Huangáscar), Cacra-Hongos, Tomás-Alis (Alis), Huancaya-Vitis, Laraos, with similar diversity in Chincha.
The Tana-Lincha (Lincha) dialect included by Ethnologue 25, however, is part of Cajamarca-Lambayeque Quechua.
From Wikipedia · Yauyos Quechua · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Yauyos Quechua
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | runa* | |
| name | suti* | |
| eye | 5awi* | |
| ear | linri* | |
| nose | sinqa* | |
| tooth | kiru* | |
| tongue | qaLu* | |
| hand | maki* | |
| blood | yawar* | |
| bone | tuLu* | |
| skin | qara* | |
| knee | qunqur* | |
| breast | 5u5u* | |
| water | yaku* | |
| fire | nina* | |
| sun | inti* | |
| star | quyLur* | |
| stone | rumi* | |
| mountain | urqu* | |
| tree | munti* | |
| leaf | lapra* | |
| night | tuta* | |
| dog | alqu* | |
| louse | usa* | |
| one | huk* | |
| two | iSkay* | |
| you | qam* | |
| we | nuqanCik* | |
| drink | upya* | |
| see | rika* |
* 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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