¿Cuántas lenguas quechuas hay? Una estimación del número de lenguas quechuas
If the practice of referring to a single “Quechua language” is incorrect because it does not acknowledge the many distinct “Quechuan languages” spoken in the Andean countries, then how many are there? In this study we propose an approximate number based on an application of the most relevant criteri...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | Perú |
| Institución: | Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú |
| Repositorio: | PUCP-Institucional |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.pucp.edu.pe:20.500.14657/200697 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/lexis/article/view/29251/26558 https://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/200697 https://doi.org/10.18800/lexis.202401.002 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Quechua Quechuan languages Mutual intelligibility Andean countries Lenguas quechuas Intercomprensión Países andinos https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#6.02.06 |
| Sumario: | If the practice of referring to a single “Quechua language” is incorrect because it does not acknowledge the many distinct “Quechuan languages” spoken in the Andean countries, then how many are there? In this study we propose an approximate number based on an application of the most relevant criteria for the distinction between languages/dialects to the Quechuanist literature: (1) degree of mutual intelligibility, (2) phonological-morphosyntactic similarity, (3) lexical correspondence, (4) sociolinguistic perspectives, and (5) geographic fragmentation. Adding up each region individually, we arrive at a total of approximately 12~17 languages. This result highlights the diversity of the Quechuan family as much for linguistics as for public and community policies, which would be more successful if instead of promoting standardization, they valued this diversity. |
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