Runashimi

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Runashimi is the Indigenous Kichwa (Quechua) language spoken primarily in the Andean regions of South America.

Aliases (1)

Statements (45)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous language of the Americas
Quechuan language
language
alternateName Kichwa
Quichua
Runa Simi
endangermentStatus vulnerable
glottocode kich1262
hasCulturalSignificance marker of Kichwa identity
vehicle of Andean cosmology
hasDialects Amazonian Kichwa
Cañar Highland Kichwa
Chimborazo Kichwa
Imbabura Kichwa
hasMorphologicalFeature agglutinative morphology
suffixing morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature three-vowel system
hasSyntacticFeature SOV word order (subject–object–verb)
ISO639-3Code quw
languageFamily Quechuan languages
lexicalInfluenceFrom Spanish
partOf Andean Indigenous cultures
recognizedBy Constitution of Ecuador as an official language of intercultural relations
region Andean region of South America
relatedTo Central Quechua
Southern Quechua
spokenBy Kichwa people
Quechua peoples
spokenIn Andes
Bolivia
Colombia
Ecuador
Peru
northern Peru
southern Colombia
status indigenous language
minority language
subfamilyOf Northern Quechua
Quechua II
usedFor cultural transmission
daily communication
oral tradition
ritual practices
usedIn bilingual education programs in Ecuador
writingSystem Latin script

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Kichwa
alternativeName
Kichwa ("Runa shimi")
autonym

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