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Where is Northern Pastaza Quichua spoken?

Northern Pastaza Quichua is a Quechuan language, spoken in Ecuador and Peru. It is marked on the map by a ringed point.

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Where Northern Pastaza Quichua is spoken

Northern Pastaza Quichua is spoken in 2 countries: Ecuador and Peru.

Country
Ecuador
Peru

Northern Pastaza Quichua has no area on the map because no open area map covers it. The ringed point is the position Glottolog gives for the language.

How many people speak Northern Pastaza Quichua?

Wikidata holds no speaker count for this language.

Status: Threatened. Glottolog lists it as threatened: it is still spoken by all generations, but there are signs that the number of speakers is falling.

Where Northern Pastaza Quichua sits in the language family tree

Glottolog classifies Northern Pastaza Quichua as follows, from the largest family down to the language itself.

  1. Quechuan
  2. Colombia-Ecuador Quechua
  3. Ecuadorian Quechua B
  4. Imbabura-Colombia-Oriente Quechua
  5. Colombia-Oriente Quechua
  6. Oriente Quechua
  7. Pastaza Quechua
  8. Northern Pastaza Quichua

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Other languages in the Pastaza Quechua group:

More about Northern Pastaza Quichua

Codes: ISO 639-3 qvz, Glottolog nort2973. Glottolog macroarea: South America.

Questions about Northern Pastaza Quichua

Where is Northern Pastaza Quichua spoken?

Northern Pastaza Quichua is spoken in Ecuador and Peru. On the map it is shown as a single point, because no open area map covers it.

Which language family is Northern Pastaza Quichua in?

Glottolog places Northern Pastaza Quichua in the Quechuan family, in the branch Colombia-Ecuador Quechua, Ecuadorian Quechua B, Imbabura-Colombia-Oriente Quechua, Colombia-Oriente Quechua, Oriente Quechua and Pastaza Quechua.

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