Resumen
Este estudio examina la toponimia menor del centro poblado de Veracruz, Ayacucho, Perú, mediante un enfoque metodológico mixto que analiza un corpus validado de 85 topónimos, explorando su filiación lingüística, significado semántico y estructura morfosintáctica. Los resultados cuantitativos revelan que el 61.2 % de los nombres son de filiación quechua, un 11.8 % son formas híbridas y un 21.2 % provienen del castellano, evidenciando un complejo proceso de resistencia y adaptación cultural. El análisis cualitativo, por su parte, desvela que el 47.1 % de los topónimos son compuestos, lo que destaca una rica tradición descriptiva del territorio. Este trabajo no solo documenta un valioso patrimonio lingüístico en riesgo, sino que, a través de la interpretación de los patrones de hibridación y composición, profundiza en la comprensión de la cosmovisión andina y las estrategias de negociación identitaria. Como contribución práctica, se propone un modelo metodológico replicable y se subraya la urgencia de utilizar estos hallazgos para la creación de recursos educativos bilingües y la orientación de políticas públicas inclusivas, enfatizando la colaboración entre lingüistas, comunidades y el Estado como clave para la preservación de la memoria cultural.
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