Fuentes quechuas de la época colonial con referencia al Ecuador

• Autores: Roswith Hartmann
• Localización: Jahrbuch für Geschichte Lateinamerikas = Anuario de Historia de América Latina ( JbLA ), ISSN-e 2194-3680, Nº. 34, 1997, págs. 53-72
• Idioma: español
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• Resumen

  • The anonymous and undated manuscript "Arte de la lengua jeneral del Cusco llamada Quichua" kept in the Archivo Nacional in Bogotá, was published in 1993 under the title "Una Gramática Colonial del Quichua del Ecuador". Her analysis leads the editor, Sabine Dedenbach-Salazar Sáenz, to conclude that the document in question is an 18th century copy of a Quechua grammar that was written by a Jesuit in Ecuador during the 17th century, obviously destined for missionary work in the eastern lowlands, the Oriente, whereas the copy should serve for christianization of the indigenous population of southern Colombia. This would mean that this is the oldest Quechua Grammar from the territory of the former Audiencia de Quito, now the Republic of Ecuador. The earliest so far known, the "Breve instrucción o arte para entender la lengua común de los yndios" as spoken in the "Province of Quito" that is attributed to the Jesuit Tomás Nieto Polo de Aguila, dates from 1753. The essay as presented here describes the rather scarce situation of sources in relation with Quechua in Ecuador from 16th century until the end of the 18th. The dating of the above mentioned "Gramática Colonial" must be questioned, since certain surnames, though not correctly quoted, refer to German Jesuit missionaries, whose presence and activities in Ecuador are documented since 1723 and 1728. For this reason the original of this Quechua grammar has to be 'considered as a document of the 18th century.