Yaru Quechua

Yaru Quechua
Yaru Quechua
Kichwa
Native to	Perú
Native speakers	(90,000 cited 1993–2017); plus 20,000 Chaupihuaranga (1972 census, decreasing)
Language family	Quechua Central (Quechua I) Yaru Quechua; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously:; qva – Ambo-Pasco; qur – Chaupihuaranga / Yanahuanca; qxt – Santa Ana de Tusi Pasco; qvn – North Junín
Glottolog	yaru1256; paca1245 Pacaraos
ELP	Yaru Quechua

Yaru Quechua is a dialect cluster of Quechua, spoken in the Peruvian provinces of Pasco and Daniel Alcides Carrión and neighboring areas in northern Junín and Lima department.

The branch of Yaru which has been best described is Tarma Quechua, by Willem F. H. Adelaar in his 1977 Tarma Quechua: Grammar, texts, dictionary. Tarma Quechua is spoken in the districts of Tarma, Huaricolca, Acobamba, La Unión Leticia, Palca, Palcamayo, Tapo, Huasahuasi and San Pedro de Cajas in Junín region, Peru. (See North Junín Quechua.)

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