Ayacucho Quechua

Spoken in

• Quechua language family Wampuy ( Quechua II) Southern Quechua ( Quechua II c) Chanka - Quechua

Qu

Que

Quy, queer ( macro language )

Chanka or Ayacucho Quechua ( Quechua: Chanka Runasimi, Ayakuchu Runasimi, Spanish: Quechua Ayacuchano ) is a variety of Quechua, which is spoken in the Peruvian departments of Ayacucho, Huancavelica and parts of Apurimac, the historic area of ​​settlement of the people of Chanka and with about one million speakers is one of the most spoken varieties. It is the dialect of Cuzco and Bolivia ( Qusqu - Qullaw ) so similar that an agreement is quite possible and a common standard of written language ( Southern Quechua ) was developed. In this region, similar to Cuzco and Bolivia, Quechua probably penetrated relatively late. Some language historians, however, argue that the Chanka spoke before the Inca invasion Quechua.

In contrast to the Quechua Qusqu - Qullaw has Chanka - Quechua only simple and no ejective and aspirated plosives (p, t, ch, k, q ), but on the other hand original pronunciation features preserved, especially the pronunciation of the plosive at the end of a syllable. As with Qusqu - Qullaw the original sh [ ʃ ] with s [s ] is collapsed, the retroflex ch [ ʈ͡ʂ ] ch [ tʃ ]. The q [ χ ] as spoken (German ch in Bach), in Huancavelica it has collapsed completely with the [h ]. In Scripture, ( balancing variant Southern Quechua ) but it is always are reproduced with q [h ] with h. The Chanka has - in addition to the Kichwa in Ecuador - among the Quechua - variants, the simplest sound system and is therefore relatively easy to learn for Europeans. It is phonetically and grammatically the Lengua general of the Incas and the language of the manuscript Huarochirí particularly close.