Santiagueño Quechua

Spoken in

• Quechua language family Wampuy ( Quechua II) Southern Quechua ( Quechua II c) Quichua Santiagueño

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Qus que ( macro language )

Argentinean Quechua, Spanish Quichua argentino or more precisely Quichua Santiagueño is a variety of Southern Quechua, which is spoken in the Argentine province of Santiago del Estero and adjacent areas of the province of Salta. Previously Quechua was spoken in the province of Tucumán (especially in the Calchaquíes ), but it became extinct here today.

In the Argentine province of Jujuy is also spoken by a few thousand people Quechua, however, which thus belongs to südbolivianischen Quechua and variant Qusqu - Qullaw. Only in Sienega ( Cusi Cusi - ) near the Bolivian and Chilean border it is taught at a school from a single teacher.

The Quichua Santiagueño has 60,000 speakers according to SIL about International. Other sources speak of up to 150,000 Quechua - speakers in Santiago del Estero, Salta and Jujuy. In most areas, it teaches kids not as a native language, making it one of the most endangered Quechua variants. Many Santiagueños use single Quechua words in otherwise Spanish sentences. The Quichua Santiagueño is only in a single school ( Escuela de Bandera Bajada ) in Santiago del Estero as a foreign language on a voluntary basis by a single teacher taught without any government support. There is not even a generally accepted spelling for which the offer would be applied in Peru and Bolivia, Southern Quechua.

Characteristic of the Quechua in Santiago del Estero is the contraction, in particular the sound sequences awa to aa and nchik to ysh, eg qaay "look" or nuqaysh " we (including you ) ." Anlautendes [h ] is silent.