Native to Perú | ||
Native speakers 150,000 (partial count) (1993–1998)
plus 20,000 Chaupihuaranga (1972 census) Language family Quechua
Central (Quechua I)
Yaru Quechua ISO 639-3 Variously:
qva – Ambo-Pasco
qur – Chaupihuaranga / Yanahuanca
qxt – Santa Ana de Tusi Pasco
qvn – North Junín Glottolog yaru1256
paca1245 (Pacaraos) | ||
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 the province of Tarma, in the Junin department, Peru.
References
Yaru Quechua Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA