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Lambayeque Quechua

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Native to
  
Perú

ISO 639-3
  
quf

Native speakers
  
20,000 (1998)

Glottolog
  
lamb1276

Language family
  
Quechua Quechua II North Peruvian Lambayeque Quechua

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

Lambayeque Quechua Wikipedia