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80. After the Ouichua, the Aymara is one of the most widespread 

 and important in that kingdom ; it is spoken in many provinces, over 

 an area of more than 400 leagues. In this language, when they make 

 the sign of the cross, they say: Sancta cruzana unancha pa laicu, 

 aucana cahata nanaca quispijta, nanacana Dios apuha. Padre auqui na, 

 Hijo yocansa, Espiritu santo, Spiritu sanctonsa sutipana. Amen lesus. 

 Have you offended anyone by word or deed? quisti haque aromampi, 

 lurana mampisa cacsichiritati ? have you done justice in that in which 

 you had authority ? cuna hucha tari pasina checati tari pirita, justicia 

 luriritati? The numerals are: i, maya; 2, paya ; 3, quima; and so on 

 up to 10, like Quichua. To express: to draw out a weapon, they 

 say : escama. This is also a polished language. 



81. The language of the Kingdom of Chile has numerals after 

 our model: i, quine; 2, epo; 3, quila; 4, meli ; 5, quechu ; 6, cayu ; 

 7, rerga; 8, ailla; 9, pura; 10, mari ; 200, epomari, mari mari mil. 

 What is your name? inepingueine ? give me something to eat, man- 

 gache ; give me some water, quipalco ; give me some light, quipalquetal ; 

 give me some meat, quipalsoo — and so on with many other words. 



82. The Guarani, who live on the banks of the great Rio de la 

 Plata and extend up into Brazil over other great provinces, say for 

 what is your name? maera erera? where do you come from? maera 

 de retame ? give me some water, eruhi ; give me some milk, erucambii 

 hues ; give me some wine, erucambi ; give me some bread, eru 

 embuyape. Their system of counting goes up to 3, and not beyond ; 

 I, peteilan ; 2, mocoi ; 3, emboapug — and then immediately, to express 

 indefinite numbers, cobaerapicha. 



83. The principal language spoken by the Indians of the New 

 Kingdom of Granada (although there are numberless other native 

 tongues) is the Muxca; e.g.. Give me some bread, fun soco ; give 

 me some water, xic soco ; give me some wood, xa zoco ; give me some 

 light, juta soco ; give me some meat, chica soco. They call the 

 Spaniard luc, which means Lord ; the Indian, Muzca ; the Negro, 

 Xiu mugu ; birds, chichagui ; hen, caina ; where were you ? equacana ? 

 come here, sompca ; adios, naco ; I have not, na puesa ; wait, sabo. 



84. In that same New Kingdom, in the district of Antioquia, the 

 Indians of the province in which is established the city of Caceres, 

 speak the Nutabe language. They call the Spaniard, Ai (and they 

 apply the same name to the Devil) ; old woman, guacu ; old man, 

 tobe ; lightning, urichiquisi ; come here, noreto ; go away, neto ; water, 

 ni ; light, quia ; he is well, guare me ; I am well, si guarero ; bread, 

 amiquia ; night, tebuna ; morning, machiqui ; very early, macasa ; I 

 am leaving for my home country, sine manascua ; I am weak or ill, 



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