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Kichwa (Kichwa Shimi, Runa Shimi)
Native to: Ecuador, Colombia, Peru
Native speakers: (1.209 million cited 1991–2010)
Language family: Quechuan

is a Quechuan language that includes all Quechua varieties of Ecuador and Colombia (Inga), as well as extensions into Peru. It has an estimated 1,000,000 speakers.

The most widely spoken dialects are Chimborazo Highland and Imbabura Highland Kichwa, with 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 speakers. Cañar Highland Quechua has 100,000–200,000 speakers; the other dialects have from 10,000 to 20,000 speakers each. Kichwa belongs to the Northern Quechua group of Quechua II, according to linguist Alfredo Torero.

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LINKS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kichwa_language
https://wold.clld.org/vocabulary/37
https://quichua.net/Q/Ec/
https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/bitstream/handle/1808/25707/Kichwa%20Dictionary%202nd%20edition.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20141022214638/http://nacionyanakuna.com/Paginas/Kichwa/diccionario_kichwa_castellano.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20110809175442/http://www.otavalosonline.com/clasesdekichwa/download/curso_basico_de_kichwa_para_hispanoparlantes_nivel_1.pdf
http://oer.ku.edu/category/quichua/