Inga Kichwa

Inga Kichwa is a dialect of Kichwa spoken in the Colombian Putumayo region by the Inga people. There are two dialects: Highland Inga, spoken in the Sibundoy valley; and Jungle Inga, spoken on the Putumayo and Japurá Rivers. Ethnologue reports Highland Inga is partially intelligible with Imbabura Kichwa.[1]

Inga Kichwa
Ingano
Native toColombia
Native speakers
(33,000 cited 1995–2008)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
inb  Highland Inga
inj  Jungle Inga
Glottologinga1252
ELPInga

Inga Kichwa is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger[2]

References

  1. Highland Inga at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) closed access
    Jungle Inga at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) closed access
  2. Moseley, Christopher; Nicolas, Alexandre. "Atlas of the world's languages in danger". unesdoc.unesco.org. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
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