Huaylas Quechua: Difference between revisions

The '''Huaylas Quechua of Huailas''' is aan [[QuechuanÁncash languageQuechua]] of [[Peru]]dialect spoken in the [[Callejón de Huaylas]] and in the western slope of the [[Cordillera Negra]].

The main peculiarities of this variety are phonetic. In Quechua Ancash-Huailas a phenomenon of [[monophthong]]ation of syllables with semiconsonants in [[Coda (linguistics)|coda]] is present: "aw" is often pronounced as [o:] elongated, likewise "ay" as [e:]. For example, 'awmi' is pronounced [o: mi], '' chawpi '' (center) [t͡ʃo: pi] and '' aywan '' (walks) as [e: wan]. In grammatical terms, HuailasHuaylas does not havelacks the suffix '' -ski ''.