Ayacucho Quechua

Ayacucho Quechua
Ayacucho Quechua
Chanka runasimi
Native to	Peru
Native speakers	918,200 (2000)
Language family	Quechuan Quechua II Southern Quechua Ayacucho Quechua; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; quy – Ayacucho; qxu – Arequipa–La Unión
Glottolog	ayac1238
ELP	Ayacucho Quechua
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Ayacucho (also called Chanca or Chanka after the local Chanka ethnicity that dominated the area before the Inca conquest) is a variety of Southern Quechua spoken in the Ayacucho Region, Peru, as well as by immigrants from Ayacucho in Lima. With roughly a million speakers, it is the largest variety of Southern Quechua after Cusco Quechua. The literary standard of Southern Quechua is based on these two closely related Quechua varieties.

^ Ayacucho at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)
Arequipa–La Unión at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)

[e19-1] Ayacucho at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)
Arequipa–La Unión at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)

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Ayacucho Quechua
Chanka runasimi
Native to	Peru
Native speakers	918,200 (2000)^[1]
Language family	Quechuan Quechua II Southern Quechua Ayacucho Quechua
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: `quy` – Ayacucho `qxu` – Arequipa–La Unión
Glottolog	`ayac1238`
ELP	Ayacucho Quechua
This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA.