Otavalo Kichwa

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Otavalo Kichwa is a regional variety of the Kichwa (Quechuan) language spoken primarily by the Indigenous Otavalo people of northern Ecuador.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Otavalo Kichwa canonical 5
Carchi Kichwa 1
Highland Kichwa 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kichwa language variety
Quechuan language variety
indigenous language variety
associatedWith Otavalo cultural identity
Otavalo music traditions
Otavalo textile trade
closelyRelatedTo Highland Kichwa varieties
linked to: Salasaca Kichwa

Imbabura Kichwa
country Ecuador
endangeredStatus vulnerable
hasAlternativeName Otavalo Kichua
linked to: Otavalo Kichwa

Otavalo Quichua
linked to: Otavalo Kichwa
hasAncestor Colonial Quechua
linked to: Quechua

Proto-Quechuan
hasDialectContinuumWith other northern Kichwa varieties
hasEthnicGroup Otavalo people
hasLoanwordsFrom Spanish language
linked to: Spanish
hasMorphologicalFeature agglutinative morphology
suffixing morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature three-vowel system
hasSyntacticFeature basic SOV word order
influencedBy Spanish language
linked to: Spanish
ISO639Status covered under Kichwa macrolanguage
languageFamily Quechuan
partOf Quechua II languages
linked to: Quechua

Quechuan languages
region Andes
northern Andes of Ecuador
spokenBy Indigenous peoples of Ecuador
Otavalo people
linked to: Otavalo Kichwa
spokenIn Ecuador
Imbabura Province
Otavalo Canton
northern Ecuador
subfamilyOf Kichwa
subjectOf linguistic documentation projects in Ecuador
usedBy Otavalo diaspora merchants in Europe
Otavalo diaspora merchants in Latin America
usedFor daily communication in Otavalo communities
oral storytelling
traditional ceremonies
traditional songs
usedIn intercultural education programs in northern Ecuador
local markets of Otavalo
writingSystem Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kichwa hasDialect Otavalo Kichwa
Kichwa people subgroup Otavalo Kichwa
Imbabura Kichwa closelyRelatedTo Otavalo Kichwa
Imbabura Kichwa closelyRelatedTo Carchi Kichwa
linked to: Otavalo Kichwa
Salasaca Kichwa sharesFeaturesWith Highland Kichwa
linked to: Otavalo Kichwa
Otavalo Kichwa spokenBy Otavalo people
linked to: Otavalo Kichwa
Otavalo Kichwa hasAlternativeName Otavalo Quichua
linked to: Otavalo Kichwa
Otavalo Kichwa hasAlternativeName Otavalo Kichua
linked to: Otavalo Kichwa
Saraguro Kichwa relatedGroup Otavalo Kichwa
Otavalo people selfDesignation Otavalo Kichwa
Indigenous Kichwa relatedEthnicGroup Kichwa Otavalo
linked to: Otavalo Kichwa