Quechua languages
Quechua languages | ||
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Spoken in |
Bolivia , Peru , Ecuador , Argentina , Colombia , Chile , Brazil |
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speaker | estimated 7.8 million | |
Official status | ||
Official language in |
Bolivia , Peru , Ecuador |
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ISO 639 -5 |
qwe |
The Quechua languages are the language family with the code [qwe] managed in the Library of Congress , the official registration facility for ISO 639-5 , within which the varieties of the macro language Quechua (ISO-639-2 / 3 code [que / que]) are managed and broken down. The Quechua language family Quechuan (family) , French quechua (famille) ] represents one of the world's language families in South America ; it is linked directly under the indigenous South American languages (ISO 639-5: [sai]) on the language level below.
classification
SIL International lists the following breakdown of the language family. The detailed distribution of the individual language varieties of the macro language including the individual ISO-639-3 codes can be found in Quechua # Classification :
- Quechua languages
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Quechua I = Waywash
- Wanka Quechua ( Quechua Huanca )
- Ancash Quechua ( Quechua Ancashino )
- Huánuco Quechua ( Alto Pativilca - Alto Marañón - Alto Huallaga )
- Yaru Quechua
- Quechua II = Wampuy
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Quechua I = Waywash