Closer linguistically to Cuzco than to Ayacucho. Central Cuzco, Arequipa regions. Some dialect differences, but not as distinct as elsewhere. Substantial phonological and morphological differences with Ayacucho Quechua. Quechuan, Quechua I. Considerable phonological differences with Tarma.
Speakers are bilingual in Spanish.
Quechuan, Quechua I. Some communities of over 100 people are reported to be totally monolingual. There are two dialects in Tarma Province which differ from the town of Junin. Pastoralists, peasant agriculturalists. Literature probably needs to be adapted from Ancash. Pasco Department, sparsely populated high country and more densely populated valleys, districts of Yanahuanca, Villcabamba, Tapoc, Chacayan, Paucar, San Pedro de Pillao, Goyllarisquizqa.