Kichwa
E6374
Kichwa is a Quechuan indigenous language variety widely spoken by Andean communities in Ecuador and neighboring regions.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kichwa canonical | 46 |
| Kichwa language | 6 |
| Napo Kichwa | 1 |
| Pastaza Kichwa | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Quechuan language
ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ language variety ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Quechua
ⓘ
surface form:
Ecuadorian Quechua
Quechua ⓘ
surface form:
Quichua
Runashimi ⓘ |
| autonym |
Kichwa
self-link
ⓘ
Runashimi ⓘ
surface form:
Runa shimi
|
| closelyRelatedTo |
Quechua
ⓘ
surface form:
Quechua II languages
Quechua ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Quechua
|
| coOfficialStatusIn | some municipalities in Ecuador ⓘ |
| country | Ecuador ⓘ |
| culturalAssociationWith |
Andean cosmology
ⓘ
traditional Andean agriculture ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Imbabura Kichwa
ⓘ
surface form:
Cañar Kichwa
Chimborazo ⓘ
surface form:
Chimborazo Kichwa
Imbabura Kichwa ⓘ Kichwa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Napo Kichwa
Otavalo Kichwa ⓘ Kichwa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Pastaza Kichwa
Salasaca Kichwa ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom |
Spanish
ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish language
|
| influencedBy |
Spanish
ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish language
|
| iso639-3Code | quw ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Quechua
ⓘ
surface form:
Quechuan languages
|
| languagePolicyContext | intercultural bilingual education in Ecuador ⓘ |
| languageStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| preservationEffort |
bilingual education programs
ⓘ
community radio broadcasting in Kichwa ⓘ orthography standardization initiatives ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Constitution of Ecuador ⓘ |
| region |
Andes
ⓘ
Ecuador ⓘ northern Peru ⓘ southern Colombia ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Kichwa people
ⓘ
indigenous communities in the Ecuadorian Andes ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Colombia
ⓘ
Ecuador ⓘ Peru ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Quechuan languages ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
SOV basic word order
ⓘ
agglutinative morphology ⓘ evidentiality system ⓘ |
| usedFor |
local trade and daily communication
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ ritual practices ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
Referenced by (54)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Napo Kichwa
this entity surface form:
Pastaza Kichwa
this entity surface form:
Kichwa language
this entity surface form:
Kichwa language
this entity surface form:
Kichwa language
this entity surface form:
Kichwa language
this entity surface form:
Kichwa language