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San Miguel 1964:204-206). It may be hoped that as addi-
tional visitas from the colonial period become available
to scholars (Murra 1970), more details for the populations
of the other Aymara nations may come to light.

With respect to the linguistic situation in
Chucuito and its colonies, Diez de San Miguel gave
little information. He used the term aymaraes to refer
to the people but not their language, recommending that
priests sent to the area remain long enough to learn
‘la lengua colla' (Diez de San Miguel 1964:227).
Originally the name of one Aymara nation, Colla acquired
a wider connotation under the Incas after they designated
their southernmost province Collasuyu. According to
Tschopik (1946:503), Cieza de Le6n's Cr6nica, written
about 1550, used the terms Colla and Collao indiscrimi-
nately, and the use of the term Aymara to designate a
language first appeared in a relation of Polo de
Ondegardo of 1559. The term apparently did not come
into general use until the 17th century, however.

It is not clear from the visita of 1567 whether
the Urus, who were considered a separate ethnic-cultural
group from the Aymara, were nevertheless native Aymara-
speakers. Torero believes the Urus spoke a language
related to Chipaya but also spoke one or more of the
general languages of the area (Torero 1972b:60). Urus

living among the Aymara would speak Aymara but to what