Inga-Kichwa

Spoken in

• Quechua language family Wampuy ( Quechua II) Chinchay ( Quechua II b) Kichwa of Ecuador and Colombia Inga Kichwa

Qu ( Quechua products)

Que ( Quechua products)

Inb (Highlands), inj ( lowland )

The Inga Kichwa ( Kichwa in standard Inka Kichwa ) is the linguistically Ecuadorian Kichwa belongs language of living in Colombia Inga.

As the ethnicity of the Inga is also their dialect divided into two types: Highland Inga, spoken by about 16,000 people in particular Sibundoy valley and lowland Inga along the river Putumayo ( Valsayacu or Walsayaku ) with about 9,000 speakers.

Linguistically divides the Inga Kichwa all the main developments of the Ecuadorian Kichwa. As with the Kichwa dialects in the lowlands of Ecuador is anlautendes [h ] falls silent, as most auslautendes [n ] and [ k]. In addition, but not a distinction between [š ] and [ s] that have collapsed [s].