Department of Apurímac language used Cusco Quechua
Apurímac (Spanish pronunciation: [apuˈɾimak]) is a department and region in southern-central Peru. It is bordered on the east by the Cusco Region, on the west by the Ayacucho Region, and on the south by the Arequipa and Ayacucho regions. The region's name originates from the Quechua language and means "where the gods speak" in reference to the many mountains of the region (gods in the Andean religion) that seem to be talking to each other.Demographics
Languages
According to the 2007 Peru Census, the first language learned by most of the residents was Quechua (70.58%) followed by Spanish (29.01%). The Quechua varieties spoken in Apurímac are Cusco Quechua and Chanka Quechua. The following table shows the results concerning the language learnt first in the Apurímac Region by province:Ethnicity
Over 80% of the population identifies as Quechua as of 2017.
language spoken official language linguistic usage dialect spoken vernacular employed