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Alto Pativilca–Alto Marañón–Alto Huallaga Quechua

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Alto Pativilca–Alto Marañón–Alto Huallaga Quechua
kichwa
Native toPerú
RegionHuánuco Province
Native speakers
  • qvl: 7,000 (2000)
  • qvm: 30,000 (2017)
  • qxh: 29,000 (2017)
  • qxa: 10,000 (2000)
  • qub: 24,000 (2017)

Total: 100,000 (2000–2017)[1]
Quechua
  • Central (Quechua I)
    • Alto Pativilca–Alto Marañón–Alto Huallaga Quechua
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
qvl – Cajatambo North Lima
qvm – Margos-Yarowilca-Lauricocha
qxh – Panao Huánuco
qxa – Chiquián Ancash
qub – Huallaga Huánuco
Glottologapam1237
marg1254  Margos-Yarowilca-Lauricocha
ELP

Alto Pativilca–Alto Marañón–Alto Huallaga Quechua (abbreviated AP–AM–AH) is a dialect cluster of Quechua languages spoken in the Peruvian provinces of Huánuco, Lauricocha, Cajatambo and neighboring areas. The best-known dialect within the Huánuco cluster is Huallaga Quechua.

References

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  1. ^ Cajatambo North Lima at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
    Margos-Yarowilca-Lauricocha at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
    Panao Huánuco at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
    Chiquián Ancash at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
    Huallaga Huánuco at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon

Sources

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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, ISBN 978-0-521-36831-5