Descripción

This study traces and explores historical,philological, linguistic and cultural background onthe names of some streets in San Juan de Pasto,whose origin is Quechua indigenous. It relies ondifferent literature sources in order to reevaluatethe importance that this type of heritage has for theinhabitants of Colombian territory subject of study,especially for its predecessors, whose traditionalstyle has been to maintain many of these Quechuaexpressions stable in speeches and writings of thedialect of San Juan de Pasto.