Chapter Languages of the Middle Andes in areal-typological perspective Emphasis on Quechuan and Aymaran.

• Egile nagusia: Adelaar, Willem F.H (auth)
• Beste egile batzuk: Grondona, Verónica (Argitaratzailea), Campbell, Lyle (Argitaratzailea)
• Formatua: Baliabide elektronikoa Liburu kapitulua
• Hizkuntza: ingelesa
• Argitaratua: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2012
• Gaiak: Language; linguistics; General Linguistics; Indigenous Languages of South America
• Sarrera elektronikoa: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Among the indigenous languages of the Andean region of Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, northern Chile and northern Argentina, Quechuan and Aymaran have traditionally occupied a dominant position. Both Quechuan and Aymaran are language families of several million speakers each. Quechuan consists of a conglom...