Cajamarca Quechua

Cajamarca Quechua is a variety of Quechua spoken in the districts of Chetilla, Baños del Inca and Cajamarca (Porcón) in the Peruvian province of Cajamarca, along the northwest coast of Peru.

Cajamarca Quechua
Kashamarka Runashimi
Native to	Peru
Native speakers	(30,000 cited 2000)[1]
Language family	Quechua Quechua II North Peruvian Cajamarca Quechua
Language codes
ISO 639-3	qvc
Glottolog	caja1238
ELP	Cajamarca Quechua

It was never spoken throughout the Cajamarca Department, where other indigenous languages like Kulyi, Jivaroan, or Mochica were spoken.

Cajamarca Quechua is severely endangered, as hardly any children are now learning it.

Cajamarca Quechua belongs to Quechua II, subgroup Cajamarca–Cañaris (Quechua II a, Yunkay) and is closest to Lambayeque Quechua, with which it has 94% lexical similarity.^[1] Félix Quesada published the first grammar and dictionary in 1976.^[2]

Phonology

There are three vowels: /a, i, u/^[3]

Consonants

		Bilabial	Alveolar	Alveolo-palatal	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Uvular
Stop		p	t				k	q
Affricate	voiceless			t͡ʃ	ʈʂ
	voiced			d͡ʒ
Fricative	voiceless		s	ʃ	ʂ		x
	voiced				ʐ
Nasal		m	n			ɲ
Approximant			l			j	w
Flap			ɾ