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ISO 639-3 · qusqus
Quechua family

Santiagueño Quechua

Arhintinap runasimin

Santiagueño Quechua is a language of the Southern Quechua branch (Quechua), spoken in Argentina. Wikidata counts about 170,000 speakers (2000). Wikidata describes it as “dialect of Southern Quechua spoken in Argentina”.

6a · Vigorous170,000
At a glance
ISO 639-3
qus
Glottocode
sant1432
Family
Quechua
Wikipedia
11 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
3levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level

Facts

NameSantiagueño Quechua · Arhintinap runasimin
Also calledSantiago del Estero Quichua
All speakers170,000 (2000)

Vitality

EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level
UNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this level
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