Did you know San Martín Quechua is severely endangered?

ALSO KNOWN AS		Lamista, Lamista Quechua
CLASSIFICATION		Quechuan, Quechua IIB
ORTHOGRAPHY		Latin (Spanish based)
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		qvs
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		The question of how to distinguish between entities that are dialects of a single language vs. that are separate languages is particularly serious in the case of Quechuan languages and dialects, and much work remains to be done. Though it is well-known and very clear that there are a number of distinct languages in Quechuan, some very distinct, the tendency to consider them all merely dialects of “Quechua” persists in many circles. (Cerrón-Palomino 1987.)

Compare Sources (2)

Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 20th Edition (2017)” . Paul M. Lewis, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig · SIL International

Severely endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
15,000
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
44,000

DATE OF INFO: 2000

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

Little transmission to children.

SPEAKER ATTITUDE

Negative

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Spanish

Scripts (Writing system)

Latin (Spanish based)

PLACES: Peru

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Amazonas region: Roderigo de Menedez Province; Loreto region: one enclave; San Martin region: Lamas, Sisa and other districts, and along Ucayali River.

Threatened

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
15,000
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
43,982
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for number of speakers: SIL (2000). 2,000 monolinguals. Data for the ethnic population: WCD (2000).
(Unchanaged 2016.)

DATE OF INFO: 2000

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

The number of speakers is decreasing.

Little transmission to children. Bilingual parents want their children to learn Spanish. Used by shamans in chants. Protestants use it in singing with published hymnbook. Scattered occasional use in religious services apart from singing. Negative attitudes. Embarrassed to be heard using the language. 13,000 also use Spanish (2013).

SPEAKER ATTITUDE

Negative

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Spanish

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

PLACES: Peru

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: San Martin region, Sisa, Lamas, and other districts, and along Ucayali river, Lamas town is the cultural center; into Amazonas region, Roderigo de Menedez province; separate enclave, Loreto region.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: an Martin region, Sisa, Lamas, and other districts, and along Ucayali river, Lamas town is the cultural center; into Amazonas region, Roderigo de Menedez province; separate enclave, Loreto region.

San Martín Quechua

Language metadata

Language information by source

Severely endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

15,000

Threatened

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

15,000

Discussion

					2017	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 20th Edition (2017)				Paul M. Lewis, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig	online	SIL International			Dallas, Texas					http://www.ethnologue.com					44,000			15,000	2000	10000-99999						Spanish			Negative				Severely Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	14		Little transmission to children.		14		Amazonas region: Roderigo de Menedez Province; Loreto region: one enclave; San Martin region: Lamas, Sisa and other districts, and along Ucayali River.	Peru
			16		2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)				M. Paul Lewis		SIL International			Dallas, TX					http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub		43,982			15,000	2000	10000-99999	Data for number of speakers: SIL (2000). 2,000 monolinguals. Data for the ethnic population: WCD (2000). (Unchanaged 2016.)					Spanish			Negative	Little transmission to children. Bilingual parents want their children to learn Spanish. Used by shamans in chants. Protestants use it in singing with published hymnbook. Scattered occasional use in religious services apart from singing. Negative attitudes. Embarrassed to be heard using the language. 13,000 also use Spanish		13,000	Threatened (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	12		The number of speakers is decreasing. Little transmission to children. Bilingual parents want their children to learn Spanish. Used by shamans in chants. Protestants use it in singing with published hymnbook. Scattered occasional use in religious services apart from singing. Negative attitudes. Embarrassed to be heard using the language. 13,000 also use Spanish (2013).		12		an Martin region, Sisa, Lamas, and other districts, and along Ucayali river, Lamas town is the cultural center; into Amazonas region, Roderigo de Menedez province; separate enclave, Loreto region.	Peru	San Martin region, Sisa, Lamas, and other districts, and along Ucayali river, Lamas town is the cultural center; into Amazonas region, Roderigo de Menedez province; separate enclave, Loreto region.

San Martín Quechua

Language metadata

Language information by source

Severely endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

15,000

Threatened

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

15,000

Discussion

Suggest information or improvement

Download language data

Sources of information

Compare Sources