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NAMES QUICHUA AND AYMARA
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general language over Colla-suyu had already made considerable progress at the time of the Spanish conquest. The system of numeration had been improved, and though a large proportion of the roots in the two languages were originally the same, the ability to give expression to many abstract ideas was acquired by the additions from the general language which enriched that of Colla-suyu.
The usage of three centuries has made it inevitable that the names Quichua and Aymara for the general language of the Incas and the language of Colla-suyu should continue to be used, although they are inappropriate and misleading.
