The solitary confinement is an ancient drama in Peru. Garcilaso de la Vega writes in the Royal Comments that the Inca kings "commanded... to learn the general language for two main reasons. One was because they did not have before them as many interpreters as was necessary to understand and respond to so much variety. of languages ​​and nations as there were in their Empire.The Incas wanted their vassals to speak to them mouth to mouth (at least personally and not through third parties) and to hear from theirs the dispatch of their business, because they will achieve the more satisfaction and consolation it gives. the same word said by the Prince, not by the Minister.

Education for the indigenous populations of Peru has gone through different struggles, debates and conceptualizations in this century that serve as a background to the present situation and that have not necessarily been canceling instances. The debate continues, although somewhat deafened by the weight of new national tribulations.

"La serie de artículos que contiene este libro ha sido seleccionada con un doble propósito. Quiere servir a un esclarecimiento acerca de lo que significa para la sociedad del Perú el que uno de los rasgos que la definen con nitidez sea su situación multilingüe. Explicitar en qué consiste el multilingüismo, más allá del hecho evidente de que en el país se hablen, además del castellano, otras lenguas que tienen mayor o menor vigencia regional; qué relaciones tradicionales se han establecido entre los hablantes de ellas, y qué connotaciones apareja el uso, de una u otra, según las circunstancias del diálogo; qué implicancias de índole histórica y sociocultural se revelan hoy a través de la distribución lingüística de esa diversidad; qué dilemas pedagógicos, qué procesos psicológicos, qué variables políticas hacen de este rasgo cultural un crucero de alternativas ...