Editing Quechuan languages (section)

====''-sh(i)'' : Hearsay====
<ref>Floyd 1999, p. 123.</ref>
Regional variations: It can appear as ''–sh(i)'' or ''–s(i)'' depending on the dialect.

With the use of this morpheme, the speaker "serves as a conduit through which information from another source passes." The information being related is hearsay or revelatory in nature. It also works to express the uncertainty of the speaker regarding the situation. However, it also appears in other constructions that are discussed in the ''changes in meaning'' section.

Wanka Quechua<ref>Floyd 1999, p. 127.</ref>
{{interlinear|indent=3
|shanti-'''sh''' prista-ka-mu-la
|Shanti-HSY borrow-REF-AFAR-PST
|(I was told) Shanti borrowed it.}}

Hintz discusses an interesting case of evidential behavior found in the Sihaus dialect of [[Ancash Quechua]]. The author postulates that instead of three single evidential markers, that Quechuan language contains three pairs of evidential markers.<ref>Hintz 1999, p. 1.</ref>