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8121 (Cajamarca Quechua) {
id: 8121 , code_val: "qvc ", code_authorities: "ISO 639-3 ", primary_name: "Cajamarca Quechua ", alternate_names: "Quechua, Cajamarca; Cajamarca Quechua; Cajamarca Kechua; ", lang_description: "", classification: "Quechuan; Peripheral Quechua; Yungay ", 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-Palomino 1987)
This is one of the most archaic varieties of Quechua II. (Willem Adelaar personal communication) ", private_comment: null, source_id: 89800 , speakers: [ { id: 30082 , code_id: 8121 , speaker_number: "10000-99999 ", speaker_number_text: "30,000? ", second_language_speakers: "", semi_speakers: "", children: "", young_adults: "", older_adults: "", elders: "", ethnic_population: "", date_of_info: "2000 ", public_comment: "30,000 population (2016). ", private_comment: null, source_id: 92920 , preferred: 0, }, { id: 32191 , code_id: 8121 , speaker_number: "10000-99999 ", speaker_number_text: "30,000 ", second_language_speakers: "", semi_speakers: "", children: "", young_adults: "", older_adults: "", elders: "", ethnic_population: "", date_of_info: "2000 ", public_comment: "", private_comment: null, source_id: 99395 , preferred: 1 , }, { id: 32192 , code_id: 8121 , speaker_number: null, speaker_number_text: "", second_language_speakers: "", semi_speakers: "", children: "", young_adults: "", older_adults: "", elders: "", ethnic_population: "", date_of_info: "", public_comment: "", private_comment: null, source_id: 99400 , preferred: 0, }, ], language: { code_id: 8121 , featured: 0, cached_documentation_score: -1 , google_group_url: "", simplified_level: "mid ", coordinates: "", updated_at: "2018-03-29 08:01:02 ", speaker_attitude: "Negative ", government_support: "", institutional_support: "", _other_languages_used: "Spanish ", domains_of_use: null, speakers_worldwide: "30,000 ", second_language_speakers: null, semi_speakers: "", children: "", young_adults: "", older_adults: "", elders: "", ethnic_population: "", speakers_worldwide_year: "2000 ", bibliography_of_vitality: "", bibliography_of_context: "99395 ", bibliography_of_locations: "92920 ", user_submission: null, approved: 1 , speakers_int_cache: 30000 , has_audio_samples: 0, has_document_samples: 0, has_image_samples: 0, has_guide_samples: 0, has_video_samples: 0, search_simplified_level: "T ", user_id: 1 , code_val_cache: "qvc ", has_link_samples: 1 , submission_source_info: null, countries: [ { id: 23 , name: "Peru ", pivot: { language_id: 8121 , country_id: 23 , }, }, ], }, }