Jaqaru

E31584

Jaqaru is an indigenous Aymaran language spoken in the highlands of Peru, known for its complex phonology and close relationship to the Kawki variety.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Aymaran language
indigenous language
language
closelyRelatedTo Kawki
continent South America
country Peru
degreeOfEndangerment severely endangered
ethnicGroup Jaqaru people
hasAlternativeName Haqearu
Jaqi aru
hasDialect Kawki
hasDomain local administration
oral tradition
traditional rituals
hasGlottocode jaqa1244
hasGlottologName Jaqaru
hasISO6393Code jqr
hasLanguagePolicyStatus recognized indigenous language of Peru
hasLinguisticArea Andean region
surface form: "Central Peruvian Andes"
hasMorphologicalFeature agglutinative morphology
complex case system
rich verbal inflection
hasNeighborLanguage Quechua
Spanish
hasPhonologicalFeature complex phonology
contrastive aspiration
ejective consonants
large consonant inventory
hasSpeakerNumberTrend declining
hasStatus threatened language
hasTypologicalFeature SOV word order
suffixing language
hasWritingSystem Latin script
influencedBy Spanish
isEndangered true
isMinorityLanguageIn Peru
isPartOf Andean linguistic area
isSubjectOf Aymaran linguistics research
languageFamily Aymara
surface form: "Aymaran"
region central highlands of Peru
spokenIn Lima Region
Peru
Tupe District
Yauyos Province
subclassOf Andean languages
Aymara
surface form: "Aymaran languages"
usedBy indigenous communities

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aymara closelyRelatedTo Jaqaru
Jaqaru hasGlottologName Jaqaru

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