Where to Find Out More…

 

… about Unified Spelling for Quechua

 

If you want to find out more, there are more articles about Quechua spelling on this webpage. 

We also recommend these books, which are particularly useful:

 

   A dictionary with official spellings (and Original Quechua forms).  In theory, every main library in Peru should have a copy. 

Cerrón-Palomino, Rodolfo (1994)  Quechua sureño: diccionario unificado
 Lima: Biblioteca Nacional del Perú

 

   A recent Bolivian pamphlet guide (22 pages) to the official spelling:

Laime Ajacopa, Teófilo (2001?)  Qhichwata allinta qillqanapaq p’anqa:  Manual de ortografía quechua
La Paz: Centro de investigación y planificación lingüística, intercultural y multiétnica ("Ceiplim"), Grupo Editorial Anthropos

 

   Chapter 1, part 6 of this book (pages 48-53) is particularly useful for explaining the logic behind the official spelling, and certain other rules:

Cerrón-Palomino, Rodolfo (1995)  Quechumara: estructuras paralelas
 La Paz:  Centro de Investigación y Promoción del Campesinado.  
(A second edition is now in preparation.)