Home to 4 dialects represented on Dialect Atlas, spanning 4 language families.
The Spanish of the Andean highlands across Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador. Heavily influenced in pronunciation, grammar, and lexicon by Quechua and Aymara.
also: Qusqu Runasimi
The Quechua of the Cusco region in southern Peru. Often used as a reference variety for Southern Quechua and the medium of much of modern Quechua-language media.
An Arawakan language spoken in the central Peruvian Amazon and adjacent western Brazil. The most-spoken Amazonian Arawakan language, with around 100,000 speakers.
also: Shipibo
The largest Panoan language, of the Ucayali river basin in the Peruvian Amazon. Around 30,000 speakers; well known internationally through Shipibo-Konibo art and the ayahuasca traditions.