Media Lengua | |
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Quichuañol | |
Chaupi-shimi/ Media Lengua | |
Native to | Ecuador |
Region | Imbabura Cotopaxi |
Ethnicity | Cayambe (Imbabura Media Lengua) |
Native speakers | ~2,600 (2005, 2011)[1][2] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mue (Salcedo Media Lengua) |
Glottolog | medi1245 |
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Media Lengua, also known as Chaupi-shimi Chaupi-lengua, Chaupi-Quichua, Quichuañol, Chapu-shimi or llanga-shimi,[nb 1][3] (roughly translated to "half language" or "in-between language") is a mixed language with Spanish vocabulary and Kichwa grammar, most conspicuously in its morphology. In terms of vocabulary, almost all lexemes (89%[1][4]), including core vocabulary, are of Spanish origin and appear to conform to Kichwa phonotactics. Media Lengua is one of the few widely acknowledged examples of a "bilingual mixed language" in both the conventional and narrow linguistic sense because of its split between roots and suffixes.[5][6] Such extreme and systematic borrowing is only rarely attested, and Media Lengua is not typically described as a variety of either Kichwa or Spanish. Arends et al., list two languages subsumed under the name Media Lengua: Salcedo Media Lengua and Media Lengua of Saraguro.[7] The northern variety of Media Lengua, found in the province of Imbabura, is commonly referred to as Imbabura Media Lengua[2][8] and more specifically, the dialect varieties within the province are known as Pijal Media Lengua and Angla Media Lengua.[1]
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