Chimborazo Highland Quichua

Chimborazo Highland Quechua (Quichua) is a variety of Kichwa spoken in Chimborazo Province of Ecuador.

Phonology

Consonants +Chimborazo Kichwa consonantsBilabialDentalAlveolarPost-alv.RetroflexPalatalVelarGlottalNasal()StopAffricateFricativeRhoticLateralApproximant

is realized as before a velar consonant. is realized as a fricative before a voiceless obstruent, and before a voiced obstruent.

Vowels +FrontCentralBackClose Open

can become lax as in free variation. is central , and can also be heard as a back in lax form.

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