Aproximaciones a la onomástica indígena del Austro lojano

The Austro Lojano was always an area of contact between various ecosystems and sociocultural formations of the northern and southern Andes, the Pacific lowlands and Amazonia. The present study explores Austro Lojano linguistic composition through the research into the onomastics of the Chuquiribamba area. The preliminary results of morphological segmentation of non-spanish patronimycs prove the existence of two ethno-linguistic branches: kichwa and non-kichwa, including in the latter forms that suggest connections not only with the extinct Puruhá and Cañari languages, but also with a variety of Chicham family, spoken in the eastern foothills of the Andes.