Waywash
Waywash ( Quechua I for "weasel" and a mountain range in the Peruvian department of Ancash , Spanish Cordillera Huayhuash ), Central Quechua or Quechua I is the linguistic name (after Alfredo Torero ) for one of the two main branches of the Quechua language family with approx. 2– 3 million speakers in central Peru (departments of Ancash, Huánuco , Junín , Pasco , Lima and some provinces of Huancavelica ). The Waywash includes the Ancash Quechua , the Wanka Quechua , the Yaru Quechua and the Huánuco Quechua (AP-AM-AH).
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Map of the dialects of Quechua: I (Waywash, Central or B : orange), II ‑ A ( Yunkay ), II ‑ B ( Chinchay ), II ‑ C ( Southern Quechua ).
Differences between Waywash and Wampuy
| Waywash | Wampuy | German |
|---|---|---|
| -ćhaw | -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) |
See also
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.