Quechuan · ISO 639-3 qxl
Salasaca Highland Quichua Language
Salasaca Highland Quichua is a Quechuan language spoken by about 1.2 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Salasaca Highland Quichua is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Salasaca Highland Quichua
Language family
- Quechuan
- Colombia-Ecuador Quechua
- Ecuadorian Quechua A
- Salasaca Highland Quichua
Writing system
Latin script
Related languages
About the Salasaca Highland Quichua language
Salasaca Highland Quichua is spoken by about 1.2 million people, which makes it the 427th most spoken language in the world — just behind Napo Lowland Quechua (1.2 million) and ahead of Rejang (1.2 million). It belongs to the Quechuan language family and, more precisely, to the Ecuadorian Quechua A group within the Ecuadorian Quechua A branch.
Where is Salasaca Highland Quichua spoken?
Salasaca Highland Quichua is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Ecuador (1.2 million).
Salasaca Highland Quichua is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Salasaca Highland Quichua is written in the Latin script. Glottolog classifies it as vulnerable, meaning fewer children learn it than in the past.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Calderón Highland Quichua.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 qxl.
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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.