Ayacucho Quechua (Chanka runasimi)

Ayacucho Quechua is a Southern Quechua language spoken in southern Peru by about 900,000 people, particulary in the regions of Ayacucho and Huancavelica, and also in the Apurimac, Arequipa, Cusco, Ica, Junin and Lima regions.

Alternative names for Ayacucho Quechua are Quechua Chanca, Chanca and Chanka. Native names are Chanka runasimi and Runasimi. Dialects include Andahuaylas and Huancavelica. It is closely related to Cusco Quechua.

Ayacucho Quechua is written with the Latin alphabet, although few speakers are literate in their language. It is used and taught in some schools and universities, and used in literature and on the radio.

Ayacucho Quechua alphabet and pronunciation

Download an alphabet chart for Ayacucho Quechua

Notes

The second pronunciation of vowels is used when they are combined with q
The letters b [b], d [d], e [e], f [f], o [o] and v [v] are also used, but only in Spanish loanwords.
The vowels tend to be pronounced [a], [i] and [u] by bilingual speakers of Spanish and Ayacucho Quechua.

Sample text

Lliw runakunam nacesqanchikmantapacha libre kanchik, lliw derechonchikpipas iguallataqmi kanchik. Yuyayniyoq kasqanchikraykum hawkalla aylluntin hina kawsayta debenchik llapa runakunawan.

Translation

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

Sample videos

Information about Ayacucho Quechua | Numbers | Tower of Babel

Links

Information about Ayacucho Quechua
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayacucho_Quechua
http://www.ethnologue.com/%5C%5C/15/show_language.asp?code=quy

Online Ayacucho Quechua lessons
http://www.clacs.illinois.edu/quechua/exercises/
http://www.andes.org/q_vocab1.html
http://www.wikilearning.com/curso_gratis/quechua_ayacucho_chanka-aprendamos_quechua_ayacucho_chanka/24427-2

Quechua grammar
http://gramaticaquechua.blogspot.co.uk

Quechuan languages

Ancash Quechua, Ayacucho Quechua, Cajamarca Quechua, Classical Quechua, Cuzco Quechua, Huallaga Quechua, Huaylla Wanca Quechua, Kichwa, Santiagueño Quechua, South Bolivian Quechua

Languages written with the Latin alphabet

Page last modified: 13.07.22

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