Alternate Names: Quechua Collao, Quechua Qollaw
Dialects: Cailloma Quechua, North Bolivian Quechua. Mutually intelligible of Cusco Quechua , and North Bolivian Quechua ,, possibly sufficient to understand complex and abstract discourse. A member of macrolanguage Quechua ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 500,000. 100,000 monolinguals (2002).
Language Use: All ages. 400,000 also use Spanish [spa]. People in towns and cities mostly want their children to speak Spanish.
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 1%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: 71% (official figure for rural areas). Taught in primary schools. Radio programs. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 1988.
Typology: SOV.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Peru
Other Comments: Differs from Cusco Quechua , in borrowing of lexicon and morphology from Aymara ,. Christian (Roman Catholic), Christian (Protestant), traditional religion.