Yaru Quechua
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Yaru Quechua is a dialect cluster 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 Peruvian provinces of Pasco and Daniel Alcides Carrión and neighboring areas in northern Junín and Lima department. The branch of Yaru which has been best described is Tarma Quechua, by Willem F. H. Adelaar in his 1977 ''Tarma Quechua: Grammar, texts, dictionary''. Tarma Quechua is spoken in the districts of Tarma, Huaricolca, Acobamba, La Unión Leticia, Palca, Palcamayo, Tapo, Huasahuasi and San Pedro de Cajas in Junín region, Peru. (See North Junín Quechua.)


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* Adelaar, Willem. ''The Languages of the Andes''. With the collaboration of P.C. Muysken. Cambridge language survey. Cambridge University Press, 2007, Languages of Peru Quechuan languages {{IndigenousAmerican-lang-stub