Puno Quechua Autonyn +

Puno Quechua speakers refer to their language as 'qhichwa simi' or 'qhishwa simi,' depending on spelling preferences, which sounds [qhéʃwa sími] or [qhéswa sími]. They do not use the term 'runasimi,' which is only used by Cuzco Quechua and Ayacucho Quechua speakers.

Detailed explanations on this are found in: Runasimita Yachasun. Método de quechua by César Itier and Zenobio Ortiz Cárdenas, Lima, 2019, p. 51. 

César Itier also has published an article on Quechua self-names: "Quechua" y el sistema inca de denominación de las lenguas, published in 2015 in Mélanges de la Casa de Velázquez, Vol. 45-1, pp. 37-56.

Mr. Itier of France is one of the leading experts in Quechua studies today, and he treats Puno Quechua and North Bolivian Quechua as one dialect, called Colla Quechua or Quechua of Collao. This treatment is found in the French (2011) and Spanish (2017) editions of his dictionary of Southern Quechua, which to me is the most accurate work on Ayacucho, Cuzco, and Colla Quechua lexicology so far.

Thank you for your attention to my comment.

Aleksandr N. Natarov (a.n.natarov@gmail.com)