Curaray Kichwa

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Curaray Kichwa is a regional variety of the Kichwa language spoken by Indigenous communities in the Curaray River area of the Ecuadorian Amazon.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Curaray Kichwa canonical 1
Quechua II B (Lowland Kichwa) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kichwa variety
indigenous language variety
associatedWith Curaray River basin NERFINISHED
Ecuadorian Amazonian Indigenous cultures
belongsTo Northern Kichwa continuum NERFINISHED
coexistsWith Spanish language NERFINISHED
country Ecuador
endangeredStatus vulnerable
hasAlternativeName Curaray Kichua NERFINISHED
Curaray Quichua NERFINISHED
hasAncestor Proto-Quechuan NERFINISHED
hasDialectalRelationWith Amazonian Kichwa NERFINISHED
Napo Kichwa NERFINISHED
Pastaza Kichwa NERFINISHED
hasMorphologicalFeatures agglutinative morphology
hasPhonologicalFeatures features typical of Amazonian Kichwa varieties
hasSpeakers Indigenous Kichwa people
hasWordOrder SOV-dominant word order
isA regional variety of Kichwa
languageFamily Quechuan
partOf Northern Quechua NERFINISHED
Quechua II branch NERFINISHED
Quechuan language family NERFINISHED
region Amazonas region of Ecuador NERFINISHED
spokenBy Indigenous communities of the Curaray River area
spokenIn Curaray River area NERFINISHED
Ecuador NERFINISHED
Ecuadorian Amazon NERFINISHED
subdivisionOf Kichwa language NERFINISHED
subjectTo language shift toward Spanish
usedFor oral communication
usedIn community life
local rituals
traditional cultural practices
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Amazonian Kichwa subclassOf Curaray Kichwa
this entity surface form: Quechua II B (Lowland Kichwa)
Amazonian Kichwa hasDialect Curaray Kichwa