North Junín Quechua (San Pedro de Cajas dialect)
Language code
qvn_caj
Location
11°15'22"S 75°51'22"W
Family
Quechua
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular |
| Plain stop/affricate | p | t | tʃ | ʈʂ | k | ||
| Voiced stop | ɡ | ||||||
| Fricative | s | ʃ | x | χ | |||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||
| Approximant | j | w | |||||
| Tap, flap | ɾ | ||||||
| Lateral | l | ʎ |
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back |
| High | i iː | u uː | |
| Low | a aː |
Suprasegmental
None
Bibliography
Adelaar, Willem. 1977. Tarma Quechua: grammar, texts, dictionary. Lisse: The Peter De Ridder Press. 31-41
Adelaar, Willem. 2013. personal communication.
Notes
Phonemes /d/ and /e/ are found only in Spanish loan words.
Phonemes /β, o, o:, e:/ are found only in Spanish loan words or words of obscure origin.
The phoneme /ʐ / is found only in Spanish loan words, words of obscure origin, or onomatopoetic expressions.
The phoneme /b/ is found only in Spanish loan words and onomatopoetics.
The contrast between alveolar and velar nasals in the North Junín dialects is limited to the position before an approximant ([j] or [w]). There are only a few contrastive pairs.