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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 half million speakers.

Kichwa
Kichwa Shimi, Runa Shimi
Native to	Ecuador, Colombia, Peru
Native speakers	450,000 (2008–2012)[1]
Language family	Quechuan Quechua II Northern Kichwa
Official status
Recognised minority language in	Ecuador
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: inb – Inga inj – Jungle Inga qvo – Napo Lowland qup – Southern Pastaza qud – Calderón Highland qxr – Cañar Highland qug – Chimborazo Highland qvi – Imbabura Highland qvj – Loja Highland qvz – Northern Pastaza qxl – Salasaca Highland quw – Tena Lowland
Glottolog	colo1257
ELP	Highland Ecuadorian Quichua Lowland Ecuadorian Quichua Loja Quichua Northern Pastaza Quichua
Distribution of Quechua sub-groups. Kichwa is shown in light blue (II B).
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The most widely spoken dialects are Chimborazo, Imbabura and Cañar Highland Quechua, with most of the speakers. Kichwa belongs to the Northern Quechua group of Quechua II, according to linguist Alfredo Torero.

Overview

Kichwa syntax has undergone some grammatical simplification compared to Southern Quechua, perhaps because of partial creolization with the pre-Inca languages of Ecuador.

A standardized language, with a unified orthography (Kichwa Unificado, Shukyachiska Kichwa), has been developed. It is similar to Chimborazo but lacks some of the phonological peculiarities of that dialect.

The earliest grammatical description of Kichwa was written in the 17th century by Jesuit priest Hernando de Alcocer.[2]

First efforts for language standardization and bilingual education

According to linguist Arturo Muyulema, the first steps to teach Kichwa in public schools dates to the 1940s, when Dolores Cacuango founded several indigenous schools in Cayambe. Later, indigenous organizations initiated self-governed schools to provide education in Kichwa in the 1970s and 1980s (Muyulema 2011:234).

Muyulema says that the creation of literary works such as Caimi Ñucanchic Shimuyu-Panca, Ñucanchic Llactapac Shimi, Ñucanchic Causaimanta Yachaicuna, and Antisuyu-Punasuyu provided the catalysts for the standardization of Kichwa. This was initiated by DINEIB (National Board of Intercultural Bilingual Education).[3]

Afterward a new alphabet was created by ALKI (Kichwan Language Academy). It comprises 21 characters; including three vowels (a, i, u); two semi-vowels (w, y); and 16 consonants (ch, h, k, l, ll, m, n, ñ, p, r, s, sh, t, ts, z, zh), according to Muyulema's article "Presente y Futuro de la lengua Quichua desde la perspectiva de la experiencia vasca (Kichwa sisariy ñan)" (Muyulema 2011:234).

Later, the bigger and much more comprehensive dictionary Kichwa Yachakukkunapa Shimiyuk Kamu was published in 2009 by the linguist Fabián Potosí, together with other scholars sponsored by the Ministry of Education of Ecuador.[4]

Characteristics

In contrast to other regional varieties of Quechua, Kichwa does not distinguish between the original (Proto-Quechuan) /k/ and /q/, which are both pronounced [k]. [e] and [o], the allophones of the vowels /i/ and /u/ near /q/, do not exist. Kiru can mean both "tooth" (kiru in Southern Quechua) and "wood" (qiru [qero] in Southern Quechua), and killa can mean both "moon" (killa) and "lazy" (qilla [qeʎa]).

Additionally, Kichwa in both Ecuador and Colombia has lost possessive and bidirectional suffixes (verbal suffixes indicating both subject and object), as well as the distinction between the exclusive and inclusive first person plural:

• Instead of yayayku / taytayku ("Our Father", the Lord's Prayer) Kichwa people say ñukanchik yaya / ñukanchik tayta.
• In Kichwa, you do not say suyayki ("I wait for you"), but kanta shuyani.

On the other hand, other particularities of Quechua have been preserved. As in all Quechuan languages, the words for 'brother' and 'sister' differ depending on to whom they refer. There are four different words for siblings: ñaña (sister of a woman), turi (brother of a woman), pani (sister of a man), and wawki (brother of a man). A woman reading "Ñuka wawki Pedromi kan" would read aloud Ñuka turi Pedromi kan (if she referred to her brother). If Pedro has a brother Manuel and the sisters Sisa and Elena, their mother could refer to Pedro as Manuelpak wawki or Sisapaj turi. And to Sisa as Manuelpak pani or as Elenapak ñaña.

Phonology

Consonants

Imbabura Kichwa consonants[5]

		Bilabial	Alveolar	Post-alv./ Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	(ŋ)
Stop	voiceless	p	t		k
	aspirated	pʰ	tʰ		kʰ
	voiced				ɡ
Affricate			ts	tʃ
Fricative	voiceless	ɸ	s	ʃ		h
	voiced		(z)	ʒ
Approximant	central			j	w
	lateral		l
Rhotic			ɾ

• /z/ only occurs rarely phonemically, and is mostly an allophone of /s/.
• Affricate sounds /ts, tʃ/, are often voiced after nasal sounds as [dz, dʒ].
• /ɸ/ is often heard as [f] before a front vowel /i/.
• Sounds /ɾ, w/, are heard in free variation as fricatives [ʐ, β]. A combination /nɾ/ can be heard as [ɳɖʐ].

Chimborazo Kichwa consonants[6]

		Bilabial	Dental/ Alveolar	Post-alv./ Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n		ɲ	(ŋ)
Stop	voiceless	p	t			k
	aspirated	pʰ	tʰ			kʰ
	voiced	b	d			ɡ
Affricate	voiceless		ts	tʃ
	aspirated			tʃʰ
	voiced			dʒ
Fricative	voiceless	ɸ	s	ʃ		x	h
	voiced		z	ʒ
	retroflex			ʐ
Rhotic			ɾ
Approximant	central				j	w
	lateral		l

• /n/ is heard as [ŋ] before a velar consonant.
• /k/ can be heard as fricatives [x] before a voiceless obstruent, and [ɣ] before a voiced obstruent.

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i iː		u uː
Open	a aː

• /a, i, u/ can become lax as [ə, ɪ, ʊ] in free variation.
• In the Chimborazo dialect, /a/ is heard as a central [ä], and can also be heard as a back [ɑ] in lax form.

Dialects

The missionary organization FEDEPI (2006) lists eight dialects of Quechua in Ecuador, which it illustrates with "The men will come in two days." (Ethnologue 16 (2009) lists nine, distinguishing Cañar from Loja Highland Quechua.) Below are the comparisons, along with Standard (Ecuadorian) Kichwa and Standard (Southern) Quechua:

Dialect	ISO code	Speakers per SIL (FEDEPI)	Pronunciation	Orthography (SIL or official)	Notes
Imbabura	[qvi]	300,000 (1,000,000)	Čay xarikunaka iškay punžapižami šamuŋga	Chai jaricunaca ishcai punllapillami shamunga.	⟨ll⟩ = "ž"
Calderón (Pichincha)	[qud]	25,000	Čay xarikunaka iškay punžapižami šamuŋga	Chai jaricunaca ishcai punllapillami shamunga.	⟨ll⟩ = "ž"
Salasaca	[qxl]	15,000	Či kʰarigunaga iški pʰunžažabimi šamuŋga	Chi c'arigunaga ishqui p'unllallabimi shamunga.	⟨ll⟩ = "ž"
Chimborazo	[qug]	1,000,000 (2,500,000)	Čay kʰarikunaka iški punžažapimi šamuŋga	Chai c'aricunaca ishqui punllallapimi shamunga.	⟨ll⟩ = "ž"
Cañar–Loja	[qxr] [qvj]	(200,000) qxr: 100,000 qxl: 15,000	Čay kʰarikunaka iškay punžaλapimi šamuŋga	Chai c'aricunaca ishcai punzhallapimi shamunga.
Tena Lowland	[quw]	5,000 (10,000)	Či kariunaga iški punžaλaimi šamuŋga	Chi cariunaga ishqui punzhallaimi shamunga.
Napo Lowland	[qvo]	4,000 Ecu. & 8,000 Peru (15,000)	Či karigunaga iškay punčaλaimi šamunga.	Chi carigunaga ishcai punchallaimi shamunga.
Northern Pastaza	[qvz]	4,000 Ecu. & 2,000 Peru (10,000)	Či karigunaga iškay punžallaimi šamunga.	Chi carigunaga ishcai punzhallaimi shamunga.
Standard Kichwa	—			Chay karikunaka ishkay punllallapimi shamunka.
Standard Southern Quechua (Qhichwa)	—		Čæy qʰarikunaqa iskæy p'unčawllapim hamunqa.	Chay qharikunaqa iskay p'unchawllapim hamunqa.

Music

A band from Ecuador, "Los Nin", which raps in Kichwa and Spanish, has toured internationally. The band hails from the town of Otavalo, which is known for its traditional music.[7]

The Ecuadorian band "Yarina", which sings in Kichwa and Spanish, won Best World Music Recording with their album "Nawi" in the 2005 Native American Music Awards.[8]

In the Ecuadorian diaspora, the radio station Kichwa Hatari works to revive use of the Kichwa language, music, and culture in the United States.[9]

References

Bibliography

• Ciucci, Luca & Pieter C. Muysken 2011. Hernando de Alcocer y la Breve declaración del Arte de la lengua del Ynga. El más antiguo manuscrito de quichua de Ecuador. Indiana 28: 359–393.
• Conejo Muyulema, Arturo. “Presente y futuro de la lengua quichua desde la perspectiva de la experiencia vasca (Kichwa sisariy ñan)” Voces E Imagenes De Las Lenguas En Peligro. Ed. Marleen Haboud and Nicholas Ostler. 1st ed. Abya-Yala, 2014. 234-5.

External links

• Imbabura Quechua Vocabulary List (from the World Loanword Database)
• Map of the regional varieties of Kichwa in Ecuador (quichua.net / FEDEPI.org)
• Kichwa-English-Spanish Dictionary, 2nd Edition (PDF)
• Yachakukkunapa Shimiyuk Kamu, Runa Shimi – Mishu Shimi, Mishu Shimi – Runa Shimi. Kichwa – Spanish, Spanish – Kichwa Dictionary (Education Ministry of Ecuador) (PDF, 7,4 MB)
• Otavalos Online: Basic Kichwa Course for Beginners, in Spanish (PDF)
• Kansas University: Quichua Open Educational Resources (by Nina Kinti-Moss)
• Pieter Muysken: Semantic transparency in Lowland Ecuadorian Quechua morphosyntax (PDF file)^{[permanent dead link]}
• Openoffice v3.2+ Kichwa Spellchecker
• Free Quichua audiocourse in Spanish offered by public radio of Ecuador (36 of 110 audio lesson files available via website)
• Kichwa internet radio, New York Times, 16 August 2014
• ELAR archive of Lower Napo Kichwa language documentation materials

На других языках

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[de] Kichwa

Als Kichwa (auch: Quichua) werden die Varianten der Quechua-Sprachfamilie ebenso wie deren Sprecher in Ecuador, Kolumbien sowie im Norden und Osten (Amazonien) Perus bezeichnet. Die Bezeichnung „Quichua“ wird auch in Argentinien verwendet, jedoch zählen die dortigen Varianten nicht zum Kichwa, sondern zum Südlichen Quechua. Ebenso wenig gehören hierzu einige andere Quechua-Varianten, in denen Kichwa als Eigenbezeichnung verwendet wird (z. B. Cajamarca-Quechua, Wanka-Quechua), was jedoch auf eine Rückentlehnung aus dem Spanischen zurückzuführen ist.

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- [en] Kichwa language

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[es] Quichua norteño

El Quichua norteño, quechua norteño, kichwa ecuatoriano o simplemente quichua (kichwa shimi) es el segundo idioma más hablado de la familia de las lenguas quechuas. Es empleada en la sierra y oriente del Ecuador, en el extremo suroeste de Colombia por los inga y en la selva baja norte del Perú (inka o quechua del Pastaza) por un aproximado de 800 mil personas. Es cooficial con el español en los tres países "dentro de las zonas que se emplea". Una norma estándar se emplea en el Ecuador, conocida como kichwa unificado (Shukllachishka Kichwa).

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[fr] Kichwa

Le kichwa ou quichua est une langue amérindienne proche du quechua, parlée essentiellement en Équateur, mais aussi par certaines populations du sud de la Colombie (le peuple Inga) et du nord du Pérou (dans la vallée du Napo). Apparentée au quechua péruvien, elle s'en distingue par plusieurs caractéristiques importantes, dont l'absence de suffixes possessifs. Le kichwa est une langue agglutinante, qui possède de nombreuses variantes régionales, avec en particulier des différences très significatives entre le kichwa d'Amazonie, parlé dans l'est de l'Équateur (provinces du Napo et du Pastaza), et les différentes variantes parlées dans la Sierra. Reconnu, ainsi que le Shuar, comme « langue de communication interculturelle » par la Constitution équatorienne de 2008, le kichwa est enseigné en Équateur dans de nombreuses écoles bilingues, et une tentative de normalisation de l'orthographe et de la langue depuis la fin des années 1990 a abouti à la création du « kichwa unifié ».

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[ru] Кичуа (язык)

Кичуа (Kichwa shimi, Runashimi) — варианты языков кечуа, которые распространены в Колумбии, Перу и Эквадоре. Наиболее распространённые диалекты кичуа — горный имбабура и чимборасо с одним и двумя миллионами говорящих соответственно. Горный каньяр имеет от 100 000 до 200 000 носителей. Другие диалекты от 10 000 до 20 000 говорящих. Кичуа принадлежит к северной группе языков кечуа (в соответствии с Альфредо Тореро).

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