public_comment: "The question of how to distinguish between entities that are dialects of a single language vs. those 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.)
Ethnologue distinguishes this from Southern Pastaza Quechua [qup] of Peru.",
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date_of_info: "2007",
public_comment: "8,000 in Ecuador (2007), decreasing. Population total all countries: 10,000. 300 monolinguals.
(Unchanged 2016.)",