Yaru Quechua is a
dialect cluster of
Quechua
Quechua may refer to:
*Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language
**So ...
, spoken in the Peruvian provinces of
Pasco and
Daniel Alcides Carrión and neighboring areas in northern
Junín and
Lima department.
The branch of Yaru which has been best described is Tarma Quechua, by Willem F. H. Adelaar in his 1977 ''Tarma Quechua: Grammar, texts, dictionary''. Tarma Quechua is spoken in the districts of Tarma, Huaricolca, Acobamba, La Unión Leticia, Palca, Palcamayo, Tapo, Huasahuasi and San Pedro de Cajas in Junín region, Peru.
(See
North Junín Quechua.)
References
Bibliography
*
Adelaar, Willem. ''The Languages of the Andes''. With the collaboration of P.C. Muysken. Cambridge language survey. Cambridge University Press, 2007,
Languages of Peru
Quechuan languages
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