I n historical sources, the term lengua general is applied to what in reality are several different concepts: in some cases, to the entire Quechua language family; in others, to the specific dialect that served as the lingua franca of Tawantinsuyu; in others still, to a collection of dialects that seems to coincide with what modern classifications call “Quechua IIc,” to follow the nomenclature coined by Alfredo Torero. This set brings together what are today the dialects of Ayacucho, Cuzco, Collao, the center and south of Bolivia, and Santiago del Estero. Among these uses of the term lengua general we might distinguish, then, one “historical” sense (the lingua franca of Tawantinsuyu), and two “modern” ones: the one broad (the entire Quechua family), the other narrow (one dialect, or at most just one set of dialects). Most sources use lengua general in this narrow sense. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
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