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

• Váldodahkki: Adelaar, Willem F.H (auth)
• Eará dahkkit: Grondona, Verónica (Doaimmaheaddji), Campbell, Lyle (Doaimmaheaddji)
• Materiálatiipa: Elektrovnnalaš Girjji oassi
• Giella: eaŋgalasgiella
• Almmustuhtton: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2012
• Fáttát: Language; linguistics; General Linguistics; Indigenous Languages of South America
• Liŋkkat: 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...