Quechuan · ISO 639-3 qvo
Napo Lowland Quechua Language
Napo Lowland Quechua is a Quechuan language spoken by about 1.2 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Napo Lowland Quechua is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Napo Lowland Quechua
Language family
- Quechuan
- Colombia-Ecuador Quechua
- Ecuadorian Quechua B
- Imbabura-Colombia-Oriente Quechua
- Colombia-Oriente Quechua
- Oriente Quechua
- Napo Lowland Quechua
Writing system
Latin script
Related languages
About the Napo Lowland Quechua language
Napo Lowland Quechua is spoken by about 1.2 million people, which makes it the 426th most spoken language in the world — just behind Tena Lowland Quichua (1.2 million) and ahead of Salasaca Highland Quichua (1.2 million). It belongs to the Quechuan language family and, more precisely, to the Oriente Quechua group within the Ecuadorian Quechua B branch.
Where is Napo Lowland Quechua spoken?
Napo Lowland Quechua is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Ecuador (1.2 million).
Napo Lowland Quechua is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Napo Lowland Quechua is written in the Latin script. Glottolog classifies it as threatened, meaning fewer children learn it than in the past.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Southern Pastaza Quechua and Tena Lowland Quichua.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 qvo.
Frequently asked questions about Napo Lowland Quechua
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.