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name: locale-quz-bo
description: Use when working with the Quechua (Bolivia) locale (`quz-BO`) — its endonym Runasimi (Bolivia), Latin script, left-to-right (LTR) direction, or spoken-population data. Reference data and translation guidance (register, grammar, idiom, typography) for this specific locale; see [[locale]] for general i18n/l10n concepts (BCP 47, plural rules, RTL) that apply across all locales.
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# Locale: Quechua (Bolivia) (quz-BO)

Reference data for the **Quechua (Bolivia)** locale — endonym **Runasimi (Bolivia)**, written in the Latin script, left-to-right (LTR).

## Identifiers

- **BCP 47 tag:** `quz-BO`
- **ISO 639-1:** not assigned
- **ISO 639-3:** `quz`
- **Script:** Latn (Latin)
- **Region:** BO (Bolivia)
- **Text direction:** ltr — left-to-right (LTR)

## Speakers (approximate)

- **L1 (native):** 1,800,000
- **L2 (additional):** 200,000
- **L1+L2 (total):** 2,000,000

## Pluralization

CLDR has no explicit plural rule defined for this language; it falls back to the root rule of a single **other** category (1 form) — every count uses the same word form, as in Japanese or Chinese.

See [[unicode-messageformat]] for writing plural messages using these categories.

## Translating into this locale

Apply [[locale-quz-pe]] to Quechua in Bolivia.

- **Context:** Quechua is an official language of the Plurinational State of Bolivia. Bolivian Quechua uses the Southern Quechua alphabet adopted by the Bolivian language authorities, which differs slightly from the Peruvian one in some letters and conventions; confirm the standard with the project's language authority.
- **Formats:** boliviano (`Bs`); decimal comma in Bolivia (see CLDR); dates `17 de octubre de 2026` in Spanish.
- **Terminology:** use Bolivian language institutes' terms where available.

## Common pitfalls

- Using the Peruvian alphabet conventions without checking.
- Using Spanish loanword spellings.
- The general pitfalls in [[locale-quz-pe]] also apply.

## Learn more

- [[locale]] for BCP 47 identifiers, locale-sensitive formatting, pluralization, and text-direction concepts that apply across all locales.
- [[unicode-messageformat]] for writing plural/selection messages correctly for this locale's grammar.
- Bolivian language authorities for Quechua (Plurinational State of Bolivia)