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article by the British anthropologist Olivia Harris

(1974) on the Laymis and Machas (1-1.1).
2-4.2 Historical studies

Torero set forth well-grounded theories as to
the history of Aymara and its sister languages (1-2.1)
in an article entitled Lingiiistica e historia de los Andes del
Perd y de Bolivia (1972b). The relationship of Aymara and
Quechua, the other major language family of the Andean
area, is still a matter of debate. Mason (1950:196)
proposed 'Kechumaran' as a term 'to designate the yet
unproved but highly probable subphylum consisting of
Quechua and Aymara.' Also supporting a fairly close
relationship between Quechua and Aymara are Carolyn Orr
and Robert E. Longacre (1968) and Yolanda Lastra de
Suérez (1970). Hardman ascribes similarities in lexi-
con and phonology, where they exist, to geographic
proximity and overlap rather than to a genetic relation-
ship (Hardman, personal communication). Louisa Stark
(1970) has provided convincing data in support of Hard-

man's position.

2-5 Summary and Projection

The foregoing survey of representative litera-

ture on and in Aymara shows how scholarly and