Alternate Names: Napo Kichwa, Yumbo
Dialects: None known. Napo ,, Pastaza , and Tena , Quichua understand each other’s spoken language, but not written texts. A member of macrolanguage Quechua ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 20,000 (1999 SIL).
Language Use: Also use Spanish [spa].
Language Development: Children learn to read and write in standard Ecuadorian Quichua, which is referred to as ‘Quichua Unificado’, Unified Quichua. Dictionary. NT: 1972.
Typology: SOV.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Ecuador
Other Comments: Notable differences in vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar. Traditional religion, Christian.