El futuro del Quechua visto desde una perspectiva Boliviana.

This article provides a specifically Bolivian perspective on several themes from the Hornberger and Coronel-Molina review. On the shifting boundaries of Quechua language use, the commentary takes an ecological view, locating Quechua in relation to Aymara and Spanish and drawing special attention to politico-military, economic, and religious factors in the shifting boundaries, both historical and recent. The author goes on to caution against the comparison of cross-national statistical data, pinpointing the weaknesses of census data on languages and highlighting the ways in which Bolivia's projected 2001 census improves on the census questions relating to language. After commenting briefly on Quechua speakers 'glottocentric attitudes and ideologies of ethnic loyalty, the article concludes with a call for more uses of Quechua in written and mass-media domains. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]