Alto Pativilca–Alto Marañón–Alto Huallaga Quechua

Alto Pativilca–Alto Marañón–Alto Huallaga Quechua (abbreviated AP–AM–AH) is a dialect cluster of Quechua languages spoken in the Peruvian provinces of Huánuco, Lauricocha, Cajatambo and neighboring areas. The best-known dialect within the Huánuco cluster is Huallaga Quechua.

Alto Pativilca–Alto Marañón–Alto Huallaga Quechua
kichwa
Native to	Peru
Region	Huánuco Province
Native speakers	(100,000 cited 2000–2017, total) qvl: 7,000 (2000) qvm: 30,000 (2017) qxh: 29,000 (2017) qxa: 10,000 (2000) qub: 24,000 (2017)
Language family	Quechua Central (Quechua I) Alto Pativilca–Alto Marañón–Alto Huallaga Quechua
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: qvl – Cajatambo North Lima qvm – Margos-Yarowilca-Lauricocha qxh – Panao Huánuco qxa – Chiquián Ancash qub – Huallaga Huánuco
Glottolog	apam1237 marg1254  Margos-Yarowilca-Lauricocha
ELP	Alto Marañón Quechua Alto Huallaga Quechua Chiquian-Bolognesi and Cajatambo Quechua (Alto Pativilca Quechua)

Sources

• Adelaar, Willem. The Languages of the Andes. With the collaboration of P.C. Muysken. Cambridge language survey. Cambridge University Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-521-36831-5