Chimborazo Highland Quichua

Chimborazo Highland Quichua
Quichua
Native toEcuador
RegionChimborazo Province
EthnicityKichwa people
Quechuan
Language codes
ISO 639-3qug
Glottologchim1302
Linguasphere84-FAA-cc

Chimborazo Highland Quechua (Quichua) is a variety of Kichwa spoken in Chimborazo Province of Ecuador.[1]

Phonology

Consonants

Chimborazo Kichwa consonants[2]
Bilabial Dental Alveolar Post-alv. Retroflex Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ɲ (ŋ)
Stop voiceless p t k
aspirated pʰ tʰ kʰ
voiced b d ɡ
Affricate voiceless ts tʃ
aspirated tʃʰ
voiced dʒ
Fricative voiceless ɸ s ʃ x h
voiced z ʒ ʐ
Rhotic ɾ
Lateral l
Approximant w j
  • /n/ is realized as [ŋ] before a velar consonant.
  • /k/ is realized as a fricative [x] before a voiceless obstruent, and [ɣ] before a voiced obstruent.[2]

Vowels

[2]
Front Central Back
Close i iː u uː
Open a aː
  • /a, i, u/ can become lax as [ə, ɪ, ʊ] in free variation.
  • /a/ is central [ä], and can also be heard as a back [ɑ] in lax form.[2]

References

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  1. ↑ Beukema, Ronald William (1975). A Grammatical Sketch of Chimborazo Quichua (phd thesis). Ann Arbor: UMI.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Guacho, Juan N.; Burns, Donald H. (1975). Bosquejo gramatical del quichua de Chimborazo. Quito, Ecuador.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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