Quechua I, also known as Quechua Waywash or Quechua B, is one of the two primary branches of the Quechua language family. It comprises a great diversity of linguistic varieties distributed across the mountains of central Peru, in the departments of Ancash, Huanuco, Pasco, Junin, and Lima. Linguists Torero and Carranza consider Quechua I older than the other primary branch, Quechua II, and note that it differs by its use of long vowels and several distinct morphemes.
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Proto-Language StatusNo dedicated Proto-Quechua I reconstruction is named in this branch's own sources; comparative work (Torero, Carranza) treats Quechua I as older and more conservative than Quechua II, marked by retained long vowels and certain morphemes, but does not cite a separately labeled proto-language node for the branch itself. 1 No dedicated Proto-Quechua I reconstruction is named in this branch's own sources; comparative work (Torero, Carranza) treats Quechua I as older and more conservative than Quechua II, marked by retained long vowels and certain morphemes, but does not cite a separately labeled proto-language node for the branch itself. RegionMountains of central Peru, across the departments of Ancash, Huánuco, Pasco, Junín and Lima. 1 In the Other Atlases
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1. Wikipedia: Quechua I
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It is composed of a great diversity of linguistic varieties distributed in the mountains of central Peru, in the departments of Ancash, Huánuco, Pasco, Junín and Lima.
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This Quechua I differs from the Quechua II by the use of long vowels and in several morphemes. According to the linguists Torero and Carranza, they are older than Quechua II.
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