North Bolivian Quechua is a
dialect
The term dialect (from Latin , , from the Ancient Greek word , 'discourse', from , 'through' and , 'I speak') can refer to either of two distinctly different types of Linguistics, linguistic phenomena:
One usage refers to a variety (linguisti ...
of the
Southern Quechua
Southern Quechua ( qu, Urin qichwa, es, quechua sureƱo), or simply Quechua (Qichwa or Qhichwa), is the most widely spoken of the major regional groupings of mutually intelligible dialects within the Quechua language family, with about 6.9 mil ...
language, spoken in northern Bolivia on the Peruvian border, as well as by immigrants in Peru.
References
Languages of Peru
Southern Quechua
{{na-lang-stub
Languages of Bolivia