▁using ▁the ▁names ▁of ▁towns ▁or ▁a ▁regional ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁river ▁in ▁which ▁their ▁communities ▁live , ▁for ▁example ▁Nap u ▁R una ▁( K ich wa ▁from ▁Nap o ▁Province ) ▁or ▁Past aza ▁R una ▁( K ich was ▁from ▁Past aza ▁Province ). ▁For ▁dialect al ▁variation ▁on ▁the ▁municipality ▁level , ▁sub groups ▁of ▁K ich wa ▁include ▁the ▁Pan os ▁( P ano ▁R una ), ▁Ten as , ▁Arch id onas ▁( Arch ir una ), ▁Tal ags , ▁and ▁Sh and ias . ▁ ▁The ▁earliest ▁K ich wa ▁manuscript s ▁were ▁written ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 7 th ▁century ▁in ▁an ▁effort ▁to ▁produce ▁a ▁written ▁form ▁of ▁the ▁language . ▁Hern ando ▁de ▁Alc oc er , ▁a ▁Jes uit ▁priest , ▁gave ▁the ▁first ▁gram mat ical ▁description ▁of ▁K ich wa ▁in ▁his ▁book ▁Bre ve ▁Dec lar acion ▁del ▁Arte ▁y ▁V oc ab ular io ▁de ▁la ▁L eng ua ▁del ▁Y ng a ▁Con form e ▁al ▁Est ilo ▁de ▁la ▁Provin cia ▁de ▁Qu ito . ▁The ▁pre fect o , ▁or ▁religious ▁regional ▁governor ’ s ▁main ▁mission ▁was ▁to ▁evangel ize ▁the ▁K ich wa ▁living ▁near ▁the ▁Amazon ▁River . ▁It ▁is ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁a ▁peri pher al ▁Que ch uan ▁dialect ▁in ▁contrast ▁to ▁the ▁central ▁Que ch ua ▁spoken ▁in ▁Peru . ▁[ Span ish ▁one ] The ▁use ▁of ▁Que ch ua ▁as ▁a ▁ling ua ▁fran ca ▁was ▁the