ATLAS OF LANGUAGE

South America · ISO 639-3 quy · Glottocode ayac1239

Ayacucho Quechua

Ayacucho Quechua opens the South American part as a Quechuan language with a Peruvian reference point.

Language family
Quechuan
Likely script
Latin (Latn)
Source status
not endangered
Macroarea
South America
Source country codes
PE
Reference point
-13.847, -74.322

Open research question

Which local varieties, self-designations and educational practices require review before a deeper account?

This question is an assignment for later subject and community-proximate source review, not a claim about a uniform cultural worldview.

Scholarly boundary

The map point is a Glottolog reference point, not a language-area boundary. The script field is a likely Unicode CLDR assignment, not a complete history of orthography. Information on endangerment and countries follows the linked source data and does not replace current local assessment.