| Ayacucho Quechua | |
|---|---|
| Chanka runasimi | |
| Native to | Peru |
Native speakers | 918,200 (2000)[1] |
Quechuan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:quy – Ayacuchoqxu – Arequipa–La Unión |
| Glottolog | ayac1238 |
| ELP | Ayacucho Quechua |
Ayacucho (also called Chanca or Chanka after the local Chanka ethnicity that dominated the area before the Inca conquest) is a variety of Southern Quechua spoken in the Ayacucho Region, Peru, as well as by immigrants from Ayacucho in Lima. With roughly a million speakers, it is the largest variety of Southern Quechua after Cusco Quechua. The literary standard of Southern Quechua is based on these two closely related Quechua varieties.
- ^ Ayacucho at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)
Arequipa–La Unión at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)
