Santiago del Estero Quechua
Language code
qus
Location
27°40'16"S 64°22'01"W
Family
Quechua
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular |
| Stop/affricate | p | t | tʃ | k ɡ | q ɢ | |
| Fricative | ɸ | s | ʃ ʒ | x | χ | |
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||
| Tap, flap | ɾ | |||||
| Lateral | l |
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back |
| High | i | u | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Low | a |
Suprasegmental
None
Bibliography
Alderetes, Jorge. 2001. El quechua de Santiago del Estero. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán.
Notes
Phonemes /b/ and /d/ are found in Spanish loans, while /ɢ/ is probably a loan from a neiɡhborinɡ indigenous lanɡuaɡe. It appears in apparent loans for local fauna and flora. Mid vowels in this variety also appear to be borrowed.
Alderetes does not distinguish /x/ and /χ/ as separate phonemes, but his description indicates that their distribution is not predicatable, suggesting that they are contrastive.