Dialects: None known. Possibly intelligible of Cajatambo Quechua ,. Some contact of Cajatambo and very little with Huamalíes ,. 73% intelligibility of Huamalíes. A member of macrolanguage Quechua ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 10,000 (2000 SIL), decreasing. 4,000 monolinguals.
Language Use: Home, work, community. Mainly adults. 6,000 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: Different identity from Huamalíes and Huaylas. Christian.