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and Yapita, Missionary and Patr6n Aymara are often
offensive as well as grammatically incorrect, while
Radio Aymara is more often perceived as merely incor-
rect. Whether the translation dialects are perceived
as substandard by a majority of Aymara speakers (that
is, to what extent the perceptions noted in this chapter
represent those of the Aymara community at large) remains
to be investigated. In any event, now that literary
production in Aymara and linguistic studies of the
language are being undertaken by native speakers, a

more lively and open discussion of what constitute
standard and nonstandard usages within and across dia-

lects may be anticipated.