South Bolivian Quechua in Chile

Speakers

5,631

Type

Location

South Bolivian Quechua in Chile

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

South Bolivian Quechua in Chile

Size

5,631

2. Status

Status

  • Official country wide language
  • Official regional language
  • Official minority language
  • Recognised community language
  • Unrecognised community language
National language
No
Indigenous language
No

3. State

Documentation: materials

Written

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Video

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Audio

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Documentation: descriptions

Standardization

Graphisation & script encoding

4. Users

Geographical distribution

Size / Number of users

Number of users

5631
Source
census
Year
2017

Users within total population

0.00000
Less than 1% use the language

PROPORTION

0
Source
census, 2017

Users within the reference community

Less than 50% use the language
Actual percentage
28
Source
census, 2017

Age distribution of users

4,447
46
percentage of members of middle generations (15-65)
Source

census, 2017

Age distribution of users

879
9
percentage of members of young generations (< 15)
Source

census, 2017

Age distribution of users

4,447
46
percentage of members of older generations (> 65)
Source

census, 2017

Generational use

Educational attainment

No education
Early childhood education
Primary education
Lower secondary education
Higher secondary education
Tertiary education

Occupational qualifications

Elementary occupations
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
Craft and related trades workers
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers
Services and sales workers
Clerical support workers
Technicians and associate professionals
Professionals
Managers

Language competence

Language not used
Source

census, 2017

45
55
13,305
Understand little, speak/sign none
Source

census, 2017

Understand some, speak/sign little
Source

census, 2017

32
68
1,803
Understand well, speak/sign some
Source

census, 2017

Understand all, speak/sign well
Source

census, 2017

55
45
3,828
Understand all, speak/sign fluently
Source

census, 2017

Literacy of users

Digital use

5. Use

Socio-geographic dimension

Economic dimension

Functional dimension

Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains
Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains
Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains

Functional use in administration

Types of language use

Ethnoculture

Formal Education

Early childhood education
Primary level
Lower secondary level
Higher secondary level
Tertiary level

Public healthcare

Information, communication and cultural production

Legal system

Completion