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Name: Santiago del Estero Kechua Type: Dialect Alternate Names: Argentino; Tucumano; Quichua, Santiago del Estero; Santiagueño Quichua; Santiago del Estero Quichua; Kichua; Quichua; Argentina Quechua; Santiagueño Spoken in: Argentina Number of speakers: 60,000 (2000 SIL), decreasing. No monolinguals. Ethnic population: 50,000–60,000 (Ethnologue) Number of speakers: 80000 (UNESCO) Number of speakers: 60000 (World Oral Literature Project) Code: qus Code Standard: ISO 639-3 Documentation: SIL Families: Quechuan Parent Languages: Cuzco-Collao; Southern Quechua; Tahuantisuyo; Chilque; Cuyo; Papre; Aco; Souther Kechua language area; Southern Kechua; Colla (chi) Cuzco-Collao; Cuzco; Cuzc; Colla; Collao; Quechua, Cusco; Cuzco Quechua; Quechua Qosqo-Qollaw; Runasimi Qusqu Qullaw; Quechua de Cusco-Collao; Qheswa; Quechua Cusco; Quechua de Cuzco; Cusco Quechua; Southern Quechua; Tahuantisuyo; Souther Kechua language area; Southern Kechua; Quechua (Cuzco) (quz) Cuzco-Collao; Colla; Collao; Quechua, Puno; Quechua Qollaw; Quechua Collao; Puno Quechua; Southern Kechua (qxp)

Endangerment Status

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UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed