Native to Peru | ||
Native speakers (1.7 million cited 1989–2002) Language family Quechuan
Quechua II
Southern Quechua
Cusco Quechua ISO 639-3 Either:
quz – Cusco
qve – Eastern Apurímac Glottolog cusc1236 (Cusco)
east2551 (Eastern Apurímac) | ||
Cusco Quechua (Quechua: Qusqu qhichwa simi) is a dialect of Southern Quechua spoken in Cusco and the Cusco Region of Peru.
It is the Quechua variety used by the Academia Mayor de la Lengua Quechua in Cusco, which also prefers the Spanish-based five-vowel alphabet. On the other hand, the official alphabet used by the ministry of education has only three vowels.
References
Cusco Quechua Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA