Alternate Names: Chanka
Dialects: Andahuaylas, Huancavelica. Lexical similarity: 96% with Surcubamba, Puquio, and Cusco ,. A member of macrolanguage Quechua ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 900,000 (2000 SIL), decreasing. 300,000 monolinguals.
Language Use: Vigorous. Most domains. Written form used in religious services. Negative attitudes. Considered inferior to Spanish [spa]. 600,000 also use Spanish [spa].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 5%–10%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Perhaps 10,000 read it, 2,000 can write it. Oral and written Quechua used in some schools, some universities. Some oral and written in primary education. Radio programs. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 1987–2011.
Typology: SOV.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Peru
Other Comments: Traditional religion, Christian.