A Phylolinguistic Classification of the Quechua Language Family

Blum F.; Barrientos C.; Ingunza A.; Poirier Z. · Indiana (2023) · DOI: 10.18441/ind.v40i1.29-54

Resumen

We present a computational phylogeny for the internal classification of the Quechua language family. Based on a concept list of 150 lexical items, we manually analyzed data from 39 contemporaneous Quechua varieties for cognacy and computed a family tree using Bayesian phylogenetic methods. The results provide further evidence for the classification of individual varieties. We also compare the results to the existing hypotheses for the evolution of the Quechua language family. © Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz.

Instituciones: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú