ISO 639-3 · inbinb
Quechua family
Inga
Inga is a language of the Northern Quechua branch (Quechua), spoken in Colombia. Wikidata counts about 33,000 speakers (2007). Wikidata describes it as “dialect of Kichwa spoken in the Colombian Putumayo region by the Inga people”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
inb- Glottocode
inga1252- Family
- Quechua
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- UNESCO
- Severely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 14 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
3levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Inga |
|---|---|
| Also called | Inga Kichwa, Inga Language |
| All speakers | 33,000 (2007) |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Severely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Quechua to Inga
The branches above Inga, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Colombia
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