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Inga Kichwa

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Native to
  
Colombia

Glottolog
  
inga1251

Native speakers
  
33,000 (2007–2008)

Language family
  
Quechua Quechua II Northern Kichwa Inga Kichwa

ISO 639-3
  
Either: inb – Highland Inga inj – Jungle Inga

Inga Kichwa is a dialect of Kichwa spoken in the Colombian Putumayo region by the Inga people. There are two dialects: Highland Inga, spoken in the Sibundoy valley; and Jungle Inga, spoken on the Putumayo and Japurá Rivers. Ethnologue 16 reports Highland Inga is partially intelligible with Imbabura Kichwa.

References

Inga Kichwa Wikipedia