Quechua I

Quechua I
Chawpi Qichwa (native name), Central Quechua, Waywash Quechua, Quechua B
EthnicityQuechua
Geographic
distribution		Central Andes in Peru.
Linguistic classificationQuechuan
  • Quechua I
Subdivisions
Language codes
Glottologquec1386

Quechua I, also known as Quechua Wáywash,[1] or Quechua B,[2] is one of the two branches or genealogical groups of the Quechua languages. It is composed of a great diversity of linguistic varieties distributed in the mountains of central Peru, in the departments of Ancash, Huánuco, Pasco, Junín and Lima. This Quechua I differs from the Quechua II by the use of long vowels and in several morphemes. According to the linguists Torero and Carranza, they are older than Quechua II.

  1. ^ Alfredo Torero: El quechua. Historia Social Andina (reedición de 2007)
  2. ^ Alberto Escobar (comp.) El reto del multilingüismo en el Perú (1972)