Wanka Quechua
Wanka Quechua is a Quechuan language, spoken in the southern part of Peruvian region of Junín by the Wanka people.
Wanka Quechua belongs to Quechua I, like Ancash Quechua. It has about 300,000 speakers and three main dialects: Waylla Wanka in Huancayo and Chupaca provinces, Waycha Wanka in Concepción and Shawsha Wanka in Jauja. Rodolfo Cerrón Palomino, a native Wanka speaker, published the first Wanka grammar and dictionary in 1977.
Phonology
Consonants
- Other sounds /b, d, f/ are heard from Spanish loanwords.
- /n/ may be heard as velar when in other environments.
- /ʃ/ can be heard as retroflex in free variation.
- /k/ can be heard as when in intervocalic positions.
- /h/ may also be heard as velar in free variation.
Vowels
- Vowel length is also distinctive
- Sounds are from Spanish loanwords.