When analyzing any language, there are certain categories and ways of conceiving that can occur at various levels with great frequency. Many times, these categories are so universal and self-evident that they show up not only linguistically but have cultural correspondences as well. Such recursive and inclusive themes are called 'linguistic postulates' (Hardman, 1978). While I was carrying out an investigation of the Quichua dialects spoken in Ecuador, I noticed that certain postulates were evident in all the dialect areas that I studied.