Publications

Publication details [#39500]

Howard, Rosaleen. 2004. Quechua in Tantamayo (Peru): toward a ‘‘social archaeology’’ of language. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 167 : 95–118.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

language planning | language shift | language status | language use

Language as a subject

Quechua

Place, Publisher

Walter de Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/IJSL/html

Annotation

This article investigates the use and status of the Quechua language in central highland Peru, and in particular that of the variety of Tantamayo Quechua, spoken in the province of Huamalı´es, department of Hua´nuco.