Dialects: Huamalíes, Monzón, Northern Dos de Mayo. Lexical similarity: 96% with Margos-Yarowilca-Lauricocha Quechua ,. A member of macrolanguage Quechua ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 72,400 (2000). 20,000 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 80,000.
Language Use: 60,000 also use Spanish [spa].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: Below 5%. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 2003–2008.
Typology: SOV.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Peru