Curaray Kichwa

E746570

Curaray Kichwa is a regional variety of the Kichwa language spoken by Indigenous communities in the Curaray River area of the Ecuadorian Amazon.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Curaray Kichua 1
Curaray Kichwa canonical 1
Curaray Quichua 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kichwa variety
indigenous language variety
associatedWith Curaray River basin
Ecuadorian Amazonian Indigenous cultures
belongsTo Northern Kichwa continuum
linked to: Amazonian Kichwa
coexistsWith Spanish language
linked to: Spanish
country Ecuador
endangeredStatus vulnerable
hasAlternativeName Curaray Kichua
linked to: Curaray Kichwa

Curaray Quichua
linked to: Curaray Kichwa
hasAncestor Proto-Quechuan
linked to: Proto-Quechua
hasDialectalRelationWith Amazonian Kichwa
Napo Kichwa
linked to: Tena Kichwa

Pastaza Kichwa
hasMorphologicalFeatures agglutinative morphology
hasPhonologicalFeatures features typical of Amazonian Kichwa varieties
hasSpeakers Indigenous Kichwa people
hasWordOrder SOV-dominant word order
isA regional variety of Kichwa
languageFamily Quechuan
partOf Northern Quechua
linked to: Quechua

Quechua II branch
Quechuan language family
region Amazonas region of Ecuador
spokenBy Indigenous communities of the Curaray River area
spokenIn Curaray River area
linked to: Morona River region

Ecuador
Ecuadorian Amazon
subdivisionOf Kichwa language
linked to: Kichwa
subjectTo language shift toward Spanish
usedFor oral communication
usedIn community life
local rituals
traditional cultural practices
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amazonian Kichwa subclassOf Quechua II B (Lowland Kichwa)
linked to: Curaray Kichwa
Amazonian Kichwa hasDialect Curaray Kichwa
Curaray Kichwa hasAlternativeName Curaray Quichua
linked to: Curaray Kichwa
Curaray Kichwa hasAlternativeName Curaray Kichua
linked to: Curaray Kichwa