Chachapoyas or Amazonas 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 provinces of Chachapoyas and Luya in the

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vian region of Amazonas. Chachapoyas Quechua is critically endangered, as hardly any children are now learning it. Conila is said to be the last village where children are still able to speak it. Chachapoyas 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 II-B (

Lowland Peruvian Quechua Lowland Peruvian Quechua, or Chachapoyas–Lamas Quechua, are Quechuan languages spoken in the lowlands of northern Peru. The two principal varieties are: *Lamas Quechua, or San Martín Quechua (''Lamista, Llakwash Runashimi''), spoken in Lamas ...

Bibliography

* Gerald Taylor, 2006. ''Diccionario Quechua Chachapoyas-Lamas (– Castellano)''

References

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