Otavalo Kichwa

E41653

Kichwa language variety Quechuan language variety indigenous language variety

Otavalo Kichwa is a regional variety of the Kichwa (Quechuan) language spoken primarily by the Indigenous Otavalo people of northern Ecuador.

Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	As subject	As object
Carchi Kichwa	0	1
Highland Kichwa	0	1
Otavalo Kichua	0	1
Otavalo Quichua	0	1
Otavalo people	0	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Kichwa language variety → Quechuan language variety → indigenous language variety →
associatedWith	Otavalo cultural identity → Otavalo music traditions → Otavalo textile trade →
closelyRelatedTo	Salasaca Kichwa → surface form: Highland Kichwa varieties Imbabura Kichwa →
country	Ecuador →
endangeredStatus	vulnerable →
hasAlternativeName	Otavalo Kichwa → surface form: Otavalo Kichua Otavalo Kichwa → surface form: Otavalo Quichua
hasAncestor	Quechua → surface form: Colonial Quechua Quechuan language family → surface form: Proto-Quechuan
hasDialectContinuumWith	other northern Kichwa varieties →
hasEthnicGroup	Otavalo people →
hasLoanwordsFrom	Spanish → surface form: Spanish language
hasMorphologicalFeature	agglutinative morphology → suffixing morphology →
hasPhonologicalFeature	three-vowel system →
hasSyntacticFeature	basic SOV word order →
influencedBy	Spanish → surface form: Spanish language
ISO639Status	covered under Kichwa macrolanguage →
languageFamily	Quechuan →
partOf	Quechua → surface form: Quechua II languages Quechuan language family → surface form: Quechuan languages
region	Andes → Northern Andes in Ecuador → surface form: northern Andes of Ecuador
spokenBy	Indigenous peoples of Ecuador → Otavalo Kichwa self-linksurface differs → surface form: Otavalo people
spokenIn	Ecuador → Imbabura Province → Otavalo Canton → northern Ecuador →
subfamilyOf	Kichwa →
subjectOf	linguistic documentation projects in Ecuador →
usedBy	Otavalo diaspora merchants in Europe → Otavalo diaspora merchants in Latin America →
usedFor	daily communication in Otavalo communities → oral storytelling → traditional ceremonies → traditional songs →
usedIn	intercultural education programs in northern Ecuador → local markets of Otavalo →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Referenced by (8)

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

Imbabura Kichwa → closelyRelatedTo → Otavalo Kichwa →

this entity surface form: Carchi Kichwa

Otavalo Kichwa → hasAlternativeName → Otavalo Kichwa →

this entity surface form: Otavalo Quichua

Otavalo Kichwa → hasAlternativeName → Otavalo Kichwa →

this entity surface form: Otavalo Kichua

Kichwa → hasDialect → Otavalo Kichwa →

Salasaca Kichwa → sharesFeaturesWith → Otavalo Kichwa →

this entity surface form: Highland Kichwa

Otavalo Kichwa → spokenBy → Otavalo Kichwa self-linksurface differs →

this entity surface form: Otavalo people

Kichwa people → subgroup → Otavalo Kichwa →