Salasaca Kichwa

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Salasaca Kichwa is a regional variety of the Kichwa (Quechuan) language spoken by the Salasaca indigenous community in the central highlands of Ecuador.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Kichwa variety
Quechuan language variety
indigenous language variety
basicWordOrder SOV
belongsTo Andean linguistic area
coexistsWith Spanish language
country Ecuador
ethnicGroup Salasaca people
hasAlternativeName Salasaca Kichua
Salasaca Quichua
hasAncestor Colonial Quechua
Proto-Quechuan
hasDistinctiveFeature local lexical items specific to Salasaca community
phonological traits distinguishing it from neighboring Kichwa varieties
hasGrammarSimilarTo other Quechuan languages
hasLanguageShiftTo Spanish
hasPhonologySimilarTo other Kichwa varieties
hasPreservationEffortsBy linguists
local community organizations
hasStatus minority language in Ecuador
hasTypology agglutinative language
isAssociatedWith Andean indigenous movements
Salasaca cultural identity
isEndangeredStatus vulnerable
isSpokenAs first language
heritage language
isSubjectOf anthropological studies
linguistic documentation projects
isTaughtIn some local community programs
isUsedIn daily communication in Salasaca community
local markets
oral storytelling
traditional rituals
languageFamily Kichwa
Quechuan languages
region Andean region
central Ecuadorian Andes
sharesFeaturesWith Highland Kichwa
sharesVocabularyWith other Ecuadorian Kichwa dialects
spokenBy Salasaca indigenous community
Salasaca people
spokenIn Ecuador
Tungurahua Province
central highlands of Ecuador
subdivisionOf Kichwa language
Quechua II language group
Quechuan languages
writingSystem Latin script

Referenced by (6)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Salasaca Kichwa ("Salasaca Quichua")
Salasaca Kichwa ("Salasaca Kichua")
hasAlternativeName
Otavalo Kichwa ("Highland Kichwa varieties")
closelyRelatedTo
Kichwa
hasDialect
Salasaca Kichwa ("Salasaca indigenous community")
spokenBy
Kichwa people
subgroup

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