1-2.2 Dialects

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According to colonial and later sources cited

by Tschopik (including Cieza de Leon, Bertonio, Rivet,

and Markham), the following were independent Aymara

states existing before the Inca conquests and in

Tschopik's view probably also dialect groups (Tschopik

1946:503).

Name

Canchi

Cana

Colla

Lupaca

Collagua

Ubina

Pacasa or Pacaje

Caranga or Caranca

Charca

Location

Vilcanota valley between Com-
bapata and Tinta (department
of Cuzco, Peru)

Between Tinta and Ayaviri
(department of Puno, Peru)

On the plains of the Pucara
and Ramis rivers as far as the
city of Puno, Peru

On the southwestern shore of
Lake Titicaca between Puno and
the Desaguadero River

North of Arequipa (Peru) on the
upper course of the Colca River

East of Arequipa in the upper
drainage of the Tambo River
(department of Moquegua, Peru)

South of Lake Titicaca along
both banks of the Desaguadero
River (Bolivia)

South of the Desaguadero River
to Lake Coipasa (Bolivia)

Northeast of Lake Poopé near
Chuquisaca (Bolivia)