Cusco–Collao Quechua

Spoken in

• Quechua language family Wampuy ( Quechua II) Southern Quechua ( Quechua II c) Qusqu - Qullaw

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As Qusqu - Qullaw (Spanish: Cusco - Collao or Cuzco - Collao ) in the territory of the Peruvian department of Cusco ( Quechua: Qusqu ) is, Puno, Arequipa, Apurimac and a part of in Bolivia variety of Quechua spoken designated (so-called Quechua Cusqueño and Quechua boliviano ). The name Qullaw is the Quechua name for the high level of Lake Titicaca ( Altiplano ), resulting from the popular name Qulla.

Qusqu - Qullaw, which belongs to the Quechua Torero II c, with about 4 million speakers, the most widely spoken dialect group of Quechua. Most important features are the borrowed from the Aymara language ejective and aspirated plosives that occur in no other Quechua variety:

In the official Quechua alphabet these sounds are reproduced as follows:

Characteristic of the dialects of Qusqu - Qullaw also is the Frikativierung the plosives at the end of a syllable: [ p] becomes [ f] or [h ], [ tʃ ] to [ ʃ ] or [s ], [ t] to [s ], [k ] to [h ] and [ q] to [ x] or [h ]. Furthermore, [m ] on the end of a syllable to [n].

The dialects Südboliviens ( by SIL International as a separate language considered ) have many elements taken from Spanish (eg plural instead - kuna, with diminutive with -s - (s ) itu / - (s ) held ita - cha).

In Qusqu - Qullaw there besides the usual constructions in Quechua with - pti - and -spa and conditionals, which are concluded with the word chayqa. Furthermore, there is - in contrast to other local Quechua variants - particularly in südbolivianischen Quechua to the formation of subordinate clauses a series of conjunctions and relative pronouns, which are formed by appending - chus of question words.

The Quechua Qusqu - Qullaw is so close that understanding one another is quite possible, despite their specificity variants Chanka ( Ayacuchano, Ayacucho and Huancavelica in ) and Argentina. This relationship forms the basis for the common written language " Southern Quechua ". In the written language, the original Quechua features are used.