Quichua, Cañar Highland

QXR

threatened

Dialects: None known. Lexical differences and a strong sense of linguistic and cultural identity. A member of macrolanguage Quechua ,.

Genealogy:

Quechuan
Peripheral Quechua
Chinchay
Northern Chinchay

Demographics: 100,000 (1991 UBS).

Language Use: Strong use of Quichua away from the road.

Language Development: Bible: 2010.

Typology: SOV.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Ecuador

Other Comments: Traditional religion, Christian.