Alternate Names: Apurímac Quechua, Quechua del Este de Apurímac
Dialects: Abancay, Antabamba, Cotabambas. Arequipa-La Unión Quechua , reportedly very similar to the Antabamba dialect. A member of macrolanguage Quechua ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 200,000 (2002 SIL). 80,000 monolinguals. 30% in towns, 60%–70% in remote areas, especially at high altitudes. Ethnic population: 200,000.
Language Use: All ages. 120,000 also use Spanish [spa].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 1%–3%. Literacy rate in L2: 40%–50% (census: 65%). 40,000 nonliterate adults. 35% of adults, or 20% of total population (census). In rural areas 48% of the adults are nonliterate. Taught in primary schools. NT: 2012.
Typology: SOV.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Peru
Other Comments: Different from Cusco Quechua , and Ayacucho Quechua ,. Traditional religion, Christian (Protestant), Christian (Roman Catholic).