Cajamarca Quechua is a variety of

Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language **So ...

spoken in the districts of Chetilla, Baños del Inca and

Cajamarca Cajamarca (), also known by the Quechua name, ''Kashamarka'', is the capital and largest city of the Cajamarca Region as well as an important cultural and commercial center in the northern Andes. It is located in the northern highlands of Peru ...

( Porcón) in the

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vian province of

, along the northwest coast of Peru. It was never spoken throughout the region, where other indigenous languages like Kulyi, Jivaroan, or

Mochica The Moche civilization (; alternatively, the Mochica culture or the Early, Pre- or Proto-Chimú) flourished in northern Peru with its capital near present-day Moche, Trujillo, Peru from about 100 to 700 AD during the Regional Development Epoch. ...

were spoken . Cajamarca Quechua is severely endangered, as hardly any children are now learning it. Cajamarca Quechua belongs to

Quechua II Quechua (, ; ), usually called ("people's language") in Quechuan languages, is an indigenous language family spoken by the Quechua peoples, primarily living in the Peruvian Andes. Derived from a common ancestral language, it is the most widely ...

, subgroup Cajamarca–Cañaris (Quechua II a, Yunkay) and is closest to Lambayeque Quechua, with which it has 94% lexical similarity. Félix Quesada published the first grammar and dictionary in 1976.

Phonology

There are three vowels: /a, i, u/

References

Bibliography

*Félix Quesada C. (1976): Diccionario Quechua de Cajamarca–Cañaris ��Castellano y vice versa Ministerio de educación del Perú. *Félix Quesada C. (1976): Gramática quechua, Cajamarca-Cañaris. Ministerio de educación del Perú. *David Coombs et al. (2003): Rimashun kichwapi: Hablemos en quechua *Marco A. Arana Zegarra (2002)
Resolución de Conflictos Medioambientales en la Microcuenca del Río Porcón, Cajamarca 1993-2002
Thesis 2002, Pontífica Universidad Católica del Perú. *Ronel Groenewald et al. (2002): Shumaq liyinawan yaĉakushun - Aprendamos con los cuentos bonitos

External links

*David Coombs et al. (2003)
Rimashun Kichwapi: hablemos en quechua
(introduction to Cajamarca Quechua, in Spanish)
Pulla purishun: Academia Regional del Idioma kichwa variedad Cajamarca, ARIQC
(German web server)
Mushuq Tistamintu: The New Testament in Cajamarca Quechua
(PDF 2.2 MB)
Mishki Rimay (Dulce Idioma): Dolores Ayay Chilón on Quechua and indigenous culture in the community of Porcón
(in Quechua, Spanish subtitles)

Stories in Cajamarca Quechua

(The

Apu APU or Apu may refer to: Film and television * ''The Apu Trilogy'', a series of three Bengali films, directed by Satyajit Ray, with the fictional character Apu Roy, comprising: ** ''Pather Panchali'' (''Song of the Little Road'') (1955), the first ...

Quilish and other tales, collected by Dolores Ayay Chilón, ARIQC)
Cuentokuna llaqtancheqmanta
(1979, told by Blanca Ortiz Chamán, Cruz Landa Quito, Vicente Ortiz Alaya, collected by David Coombs, SIL, PDF 1.0 MB)
Shumaq Kwintukuna
(1983, told by Cruz Landa Quito, Vicente Ortiz Alaya, SIL, PDF 1.4 MB)
Unay Kwintitukuna
(1997, collected by Santos A. Calua Terán, SIL, PDF 2.4 MB) Languages of Peru Quechuan languages {{na-lang-stub