Cusco-Collao Quechua

Cusco-Collao Quechua
Qusqu-Qullaw
Spoken in	Peru
Ethnicity	Quechuas, Kollas
Native speakers	4,000,000  (date missing)
Language family	Quechuan Quechua II C Cusco-Collao Quechua
Dialects	Cuzco Quechua South Bolivian Quechua North Bolivian Quechua
Language codes
ISO 639-3	qxp

Qusqu-Qullaw (Spanish also Cuzco-Collao) is a variety of the Quechua language family, spoken throughout southern Peru (departments of Cusco and Puno), Bolivia, and northern Argentina, including the prestige dialect of Cusco Quechua. With about four million speakers, it is one of the largest dialects, along with Ayacucho Quechua. The literary standard of Southern Quechua is based on these two closely related Quechua varieties.

References

• Antonio Cusihuamán (1976): Diccionario Quechua Cuzco-Collao [- Castellano y vice versa]. Ministerio de educación del Perú