Lambayeque Quechua

Lambayeque Quechua
Inkawasi-Kañaris Runashimi
Native toPeru
Native speakers
(20,000 cited 1998)
Language codes
ISO 639-3quf
Glottologlamb1276
ELPLambayeque Quechua
Linguasphere84-FAA-da

Lambayeque or Inkawasi-Kañaris is a variety of Quechua spoken in the districts of Incahuasi and Cañaris, Ferreñafe in the Peruvian region of Lambayeque.

Inkawasi-Kañaris Quechua belongs to Quechua II, subgroup Cajamarca–Cañaris (Quechua II a, Yunkay) and is closest to Cajamarca Quechua, with which it has 94% lexical similarity.

References

  1. 1 2 Lambayeque Quechua at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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