Wampuy
Wampuy ( Quechua for "swimming, boating, traveling") or Quechua II is the linguistic name (after Alfredo Torero ) for one of the two main branches of the Quechua language family with about 8 million speakers, which covers the entire Quechua language area north and south of Waywash (Quechua I) includes.
The wampuy is divided into three secondary branches:
- Yunkay (Quechua II a)
- Chinchay (Quechua II b)
- Southern Quechua (Quechua II c)
Differences between Waywash and Wampuy
Waywash | Wampuy | German |
---|---|---|
-ĉaw | -pi | in |
-piqta, -pita, -piq | -manta | out of |
-naw | -šina, -hina | how |
-r | -spa | (Gerund), -nd |
[Vowel doubling] | -ni | (Verb: 1st person Sg. "I") |
-ya-, -paaku- | -ku (na), -llapa | (Verb: plural) |
-ma- | -wa- | me me |
-kaq | (chay ...- qa) | that, that, that |
-naa, naq | -šqa | (narrative past) |
literature
- Alfredo Torero : Los dialectos quechuas . Anales Científicos de la Universidad Agraria , 2, pp. 446-478. Lima, 1964.
- Alfredo Torero: La familia lingüística quechua . En: Pottier, Bernard (ed.) América Latina en sus lenguas indígenas . Caracas; Monte Avila Editores, CA pp. 61-92., 1983.