Full Geographical Data

 

 Local Quechua-Speakers Interviewed

Country

Peru  (south)

 

The voice in our sound recordings is that of César Morante Luna (no photo available), who now lives in Cuzco and has long worked in training bilingual education teachers throughout the Cuzco region.  He is currently preparing a dictionary of old native Quechua vocabulary in danger of falling into disuse (and looking for funding to publish it!). 

Departamento

Cuzco

 

Provincia

La Convención

 

Distrito

Occobamba

 

Comunidad

Hacienda la Perla

 

 

 

 

Latitude

13° 31' S

 

Longitude

71° 59' W

 

Altitude

3400 m

 

 

 

 

This regional variety of Quechua is traditionally classified as:

 

Quechua IIc  (southern) > Cuzco~Collao > Cuzco