Description
Dios Rimashca Shimicunami - Kichwa (Quichua) Language Bible
Biblia en Quichua Chimborazo
Black Leather Bound with Zipper and Thumb Index, Golden Edges
QCH62ZP
Ecuador
Product Details
- Leather Bound: 1640 pages
- Publisher: Bible Society (2010)
- Language: Quichua
- ISBN-10: 1598773801
- ISBN-13: 978-1598773804 / 9781598773804
Kichwa (Kichwa shimi, Runashimi, also Spanish Quichua) is a Quechuan language that includes all Quechua varieties of Ecuador and Colombia (Inga), as well as extensions into Peru. It has an estimated 1,000,000 speakers.
The most widely spoken dialects are Chimborazo Highland and Imbabura Highland Kichwa, with 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 speakers. Cañar Highland Quechua has 100,000–200,000 speakers; the other dialects have from 10,000 to 20,000 speakers each. Kichwa belongs to the Northern Quechua group of Quechua II, according to linguist Alfredo Torero.
| Kichwa | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Ecuador, Colombia, Peru |
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Native speakers
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(1.2 million cited 1991–2010)[1] |
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Quechuan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:inb – Ingainj – Jungle Ingaqvo – Napo Lowlandqup – Southern Pastazaqud – Calderón Highlandqxr – Cañar Highlandqug – Chimborazo Highlandqvi – Imbabura Highlandqvj – Loja Highlandqvz – Northern Pastazaqxl – Salasaca Highlandquw – Tena Lowland |
| Glottolog | colo1257 |
| People Name in Country | Quichua, Chimborazo Highland |
| Population in Ecuador | 934,000 |
