Imbabura Kichwa

E39500

Kichwa language variety Quechuan language variety regional language variety

Imbabura Kichwa is a regional variety of the Kichwa (Quechuan) language spoken primarily by Indigenous communities in Ecuador’s Imbabura province.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Cañar Kichwa	1
Imbabura Kichua	1
Imbabura Kichwa communities	1
Imbabura Quichua	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Kichwa language variety ⓘ Quechuan language variety ⓘ regional language variety ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Otavalo Kichwa ⓘ surface form: Carchi Kichwa Otavalo Kichwa ⓘ
country	Ecuador ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Imbabura Kichwa ⓘ surface form: Imbabura Kichua Imbabura Kichwa ⓘ surface form: Imbabura Quichua
hasCommunityOrganization	local Kichwa cultural associations ⓘ
hasCulturalRole	marker of Indigenous identity in Imbabura ⓘ vehicle of oral tradition in Imbabura ⓘ
hasDomain	Andean cosmology terminology ⓘ traditional agriculture terminology ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup	Imbabura Kichwa self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Imbabura Kichwa communities
hasLinguisticFeature	SOV basic word order ⓘ agglutinative morphology ⓘ evidentiality markers ⓘ
hasLoanwordsFrom	Spanish ⓘ surface form: Spanish language
hasMorphologicalType	suffixing language ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrastive aspiration in some consonants ⓘ three-vowel system ⓘ
hasPreservationConcern	intergenerational transmission decline ⓘ language shift to Spanish ⓘ
hasStatus	Indigenous language of Ecuador ⓘ minority language ⓘ
influencedBy	Spanish ⓘ surface form: Spanish language
isPartOf	Andean Indigenous languages ⓘ Ecuadorian Indigenous languages ⓘ
languageBranch	Quechua ⓘ surface form: Northern Quechua
languageFamily	Quechuan language family ⓘ surface form: Quechuan languages
region	Andean region of Ecuador ⓘ
spokenBy	Indigenous peoples of Ecuador ⓘ Kichwa people ⓘ
spokenIn	Ecuador ⓘ Imbabura Province ⓘ
subclassOf	Quechua ⓘ surface form: Ecuadorian Kichwa Kichwa ⓘ Quechuan language family ⓘ surface form: Quechuan languages
subjectOf	language revitalization efforts ⓘ linguistic documentation projects ⓘ
usedFor	community meetings ⓘ local radio broadcasting ⓘ traditional storytelling ⓘ
usedIn	bilingual intercultural education in Ecuador ⓘ local education programs ⓘ oral communication ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Otavalo Kichwa → closelyRelatedTo → Imbabura Kichwa ⓘ

Imbabura Kichwa → hasAlternativeName → Imbabura Kichwa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imbabura Quichua

Imbabura Kichwa → hasAlternativeName → Imbabura Kichwa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imbabura Kichua

Kichwa → hasDialect → Imbabura Kichwa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cañar Kichwa

Runashimi → hasDialects → Imbabura Kichwa ⓘ

Imbabura Kichwa → hasEthnicGroup → Imbabura Kichwa self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imbabura Kichwa communities