Yauyos Quechua is a moribund language cluster of Quechua, spoken in the Yauyos and Chincha districts of Peru. There are numerous dialects: in Yauyos, San Pedro de Huacarpana, Apurí, Madean-Viñac (Madeán), Azángaro-Huangáscar-Chocos (Huangáscar), Cacra-Hongos, Tomás-Alis (Alis), Huancaya-Vitis, Laraos, with similar diversity in Chincha.
The Tana-Lincha (Lincha) dialect included by Ethnologue 25, however, is part of Cajamarca-Lambayeque Quechua.Adelaar, 2004. The Languages of the Andes.
Phonology Yauyos Quechua omits several distinctions present in other Quechuan languages. The orthography used below is the one used in A Grammar of Yauyos Quechua.
Consonants BilabialLabio-dentalAlveolarPost-alveolarRetroflexPalatalVelarUvularGlottalStopvoiceless voiced() () () Fricativevoiceless() voiced() Nasal Approximant Lateral Flap Trill() Sounds in parentheses are only found in loanwords from Spanish. References
Bibliography
Online Dictionaries Yauyos–English (Aviva Shimelman) Yauyos–Castellano (Aviva Shimelman)
External links
Gerald Taylor: Two stories in Quechua of Laraos (Yauyos) with Spanish translation
Texts in Yauyos Quechua at IMDI / ISLE Metadata Initiative, collected by Aviva Shimelman (registration necessary) Yauyos Quechua Collection of Aviva Shimelman on AILLA (registration necessary)