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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. The most widely spoken dialects are Chimborazo, Imbabura and Cañar Highland Quechua, with most of the speakers.
- 450,000 (2008–2012)
The most common Quechua dialect is Southern Quechua. The Kichwa people of Ecuador speak the Kichwa dialect; in Colombia, the Inga people speak Inga Kichwa. The Quechua word for a Quechua speaker is runa or nuna ("person"); the plural is runakuna or nunakuna ("people"). "Quechua speakers call themselves Runa -- simply translated, "the people".
- 55.493
- 700.000
- 2,056,000
- 6,694,300
A New Kichwa Map (2010) Subsequent censuses continued to ask about language (Mayorga 2011). The 2001 Ecuadorian census counted 451,783 Kichwa speakers in the nation (Chisaguano 2006), while the most recent 2010 census (INEC 2010) resulted in a count of 591,448 Kichwa speakers, of whom 486,012 were in rural areas.
- Gregory Knapp
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The missionary organization FEDEPI, on the other hand, estimated one million Imbabura dialect speakers (published 2006). Census figures are also problematic, due to under-reporting. The 2001 Ecuador census reports only 500,000 Quechua speakers, compared to the estimate in most linguistic sources of more than 2 million.
- 7.2 million
- One of the world's primary language families
Oct 23, 2019 · 5 A New Kichwa Map (2010) Subsequent censuses continued to ask about language (Mayorga 2011 ). The 2001 Ecuadorian census counted 451,783 Kichwa speakers in the nation (Chisaguano 2006 ), while the most recent 2010 census (INEC 2010) resulted in a count of 591,448 Kichwa speakers, of whom 486,012 were in rural areas.
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Oct 19, 2020 · Ecuadorian census counted 451,783 Kichwa speakers in the nation (Chisaguano. 2006 ), while the most recent 2010 census (INEC 2010) resulted in a count of. 591,448 Kichwa speakers, of whom 486,012 ...
Most estimates say that there are 23 languages spoken across the country. However, Kichwa is the most widely spoken indigenous language, with about 450,000 native speakers - or about 7% of the country’s population. Just like many languages, there are many different dialects of Kichwa depending on location, age, and learning community. These ...
