Kichwa

E6374

Kichwa is a Quechuan indigenous language variety widely spoken by Andean communities in Ecuador and neighboring regions.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Kichwa canonical 46
Kichwa language 6
Napo 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.

Ecuador recognizedLanguage Kichwa
Quechua hasDialect Kichwa
Kichwa autonym Kichwa self-link
Kichwa hasDialect Kichwa self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Napo Kichwa
Kichwa hasDialect Kichwa self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Pastaza Kichwa
Kichwa people language Kichwa
Imbabura Kichwa subclassOf Kichwa
Runashimi alternateName Kichwa
Salasaca Kichwa subdivisionOf Kichwa
this entity surface form: Kichwa language
Otavalo Kichwa subfamilyOf Kichwa
Guaranda languageSpoken Kichwa
Napo Province ethnicGroup Kichwa
Curaray River languageRegion Kichwa
this entity surface form: Kichwa language
Amazon region of Ecuador languageSpoken Kichwa
this entity surface form: Kichwa language
Saraguro Kichwa language Kichwa
Pastaza Kichwa language Kichwa
Amazonian Kichwa subclassOf Kichwa
this entity surface form: Kichwa language
Quechuan hasPart Kichwa
Otavalo people ethnicity Kichwa
Otavalo people language Kichwa
Salasaca people ethnicity Kichwa
Salasaca people language Kichwa
Saraguros mainLanguage Kichwa
Yacuambi Canton languageSpoken Kichwa
this entity surface form: Kichwa language
Colta languageSpoken Kichwa
Guamote hasLanguage Kichwa
Quilotoa languageRegion Kichwa
Rumiñahui languageOfName Kichwa
Cañari currentLanguageUse Kichwa