classification: "Quechuan; Central Quechua; Waylay",
dialect_varieties: "",
public_comment: "The question of how to distinguish between entities that are dialects of a single language vs. those that are separate languages is particularly serious in the case of Quechuan languages and dialects, and much work remains to be done. Though it is well-known and very clear that there are a number of distinct languages in the Quechuan complex, some very distinct, the tendency to consider them all merely dialects of “Quechua” persists in many circles. (Cerrón-Palomina 1978.)
Ethnologue has four distinct Conchucos Quechua languages:
Corongo Ancash Quechua [qwa];
Sihuas Ancash Quechua [qws];
Northern Conchucos Ancash Quechua [qxn];
Southern Conchucos Ancash Quechua [qxo].
For many linguists, these are dialects of the same language; they are combined here.
Corongo Quechua, Sihuas Quechua, Northern Conchucos Quechua, and Southern Conchucos Quechua are all distinct varieties of Ancash Quechua (Willem Adelaar personal communication).",