Huaylas Quechua

Huaylas Quechua
Nunashimi , Qichwa
Native to	Perú
Native speakers	170,000 (2017)[1]
Language family	Quechua Central (Quechua I) Ancash Quechua languages Huaylas Quechua
Dialects	Huarás
Language codes
ISO 639-3	qwh
Glottolog	huay1240
ELP	Huaylas Quechua
Huaylas quechua in Ancash

Huaylas Quechua is an Ancash Quechua dialect spoken in the Callejón de Huaylas and in the western slope of the Cordillera Negra.

The main peculiarities of this variety are phonetic. In Quechua Ancash-Huailas a phenomenon of monophthongation of syllables with semiconsonants in coda is present: "aw" is often pronounced as [o:] elongated, likewise "ay" as [e:]. For example, 'awmi' is pronounced [o: mi], chawpi (center) [t͡ʃo: pi] and aywan (walks) as [e: wan]. In grammatical terms, Huaylas lacks the suffix -ski .