North Junín Quechua (Tarma dialect)
Language code
qvn_tar
Location
11°25'08"S 75°41'28"W
Family
Quechua
Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar |
Plain stop/affricate | p | t | tʃ | ʈʂ | k | |
Voiced stop | b | ɡ | ||||
Fricative | s | ʃ | x | |||
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 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.