Yauyos–Chincha Quechua

Yauyos–Chincha Quechua or Yauyos Quechua is a language cluster of Quechua, spoken in the Yauyos and Chincha districts of Peru. There are numerous dialects: in Yauyos, San Pedro de Huacarpana, Apurí, Madean-Viñac (Madeán), Azángaro-Huangáscar-Chocos (Huangáscar), Cacra-Hongos, Tomás-Alis (Alis), Huancaya-Vitis, Laraos, with similar diversity in Chincha.

Yauyos–Chincha Quechua
Huangáscar–Topará
Native to	Peru
Region	Chincha Province, Yauyos province
Native speakers	(13,000 cited 2000–2003)[1]
Language family	Quechua Yauyos–Chincha Quechua
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: qux – Yauyos Quechua qxc – Chincha Quechua
Glottolog	yauy1235  Yauyos chin1483  Chincha
ELP	Yauyos Quechua
Yauyos Quechua and neighboring varieties

The Tana-Lincha (Lincha) dialect included by Ethnologue 16, however, is part of Cajamarca-Lambayeque Quechua.^[2]

Phonology

Yauyos Quechua omits several distinctions present in other Quechuan languages. The orthography used below is the one used in A Grammar of Yauyos Quechua.^[3]

Consonants

		Bilabial	Labio-dental	Alveolar	Post-alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Stop	voiceless	p ⟨p⟩		t ⟨t⟩		ʈ ⟨tr⟩	c ⟨ch⟩	k ⟨k⟩	q ⟨q⟩
	voiced	(b) ⟨b⟩		(d) ⟨d⟩				(g) ⟨g⟩
Fricative	voiceless		(f) ⟨f⟩	s ⟨s⟩	ʃ ⟨sh⟩					h ⟨h⟩
	voiced		(v) ⟨v⟩
Nasal		m ⟨m⟩		n ⟨n⟩			ɲ ⟨ñ⟩
Approximant		β ⟨w⟩					j ⟨y⟩
Lateral				l ⟨l⟩			ʎ ⟨ll⟩
Flap				ɾ ⟨r⟩
Trill				(r) ⟨rr⟩

Sounds in parentheses are only found in loanwords from Spanish.