Huaylas Quechua is an Ancash Quechua dialect spoken in the Callejón de Huaylas and in the western slope of the Cordillera Negra.

Huaylas Quechua
Nunashimi , Qichwa
Native to	Perú
Native speakers	340,000 (2000)[1]
Language family	Quechua Central (Quechua I) Ancash Quechua languages Huaylas Quechua
Dialects	Huarás
Language codes
ISO 639-3	qwh
Glottolog	huay1240
ELP	Huaylas Quechua
Huaylas quechua in Ancash

The main peculiarities of this variety are phonetic. In Quechua Ancash-Huailas a phenomenon of monophthongation of syllables with semiconsonants in coda is present: "aw" is often pronounced as [o:] elongated, likewise "ay" as [e:]. For example, 'awmi' is pronounced [o: mi], chawpi (center) [t͡ʃo: pi] and aywan (walks) as [e: wan]. In grammatical terms, Huaylas lacks the suffix -ski .

Bibliography

• Menacho López, Leonel Alexander (2005). Yachakuqkunapa Shimi Qullqa: Anqash Qichwa Shimichaw. Lima: Ministerio de Educación de Perú. ISBN 9972-881-30-X.

References

Huaylas Quechua test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator