Quechua, Cajatambo North Lima

QVL

shifting

Dialects: None known. 74% intelligibility of HuamalĂ­es Quechua ,. A member of macrolanguage Quechua ,.

Genealogy:

Quechuan
Central Quechua
Wankay

Demographics: 7,000 (2000 SIL), decreasing. 2,800 monolinguals.

Language Use: Family, community. Mainly adults. 4,200 also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%.

Typology: SOV.

Nation of Origin: Peru

Other Comments: Christian.