Quechua, Southern Pastaza

QUP

developing

Alternate Names: Inga

Dialects: A member of macrolanguage Quechua ,.

Genealogy:

Quechuan
Peripheral Quechua
Chinchay
Northern Chinchay

Demographics: 1,550 (2000). 310 monolinguals.

Language Use: Home, work, play, church. All ages. 10% also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1997–2008.

Typology: SOV.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Peru

Other Comments: Distinct from Northern Pastaza Quechua , of Peru and Ecuador.