Aymara

E4140
American indigenous language indigenous language language

Aymara is an indigenous language spoken primarily by the Aymara people of the central Andes in countries such as Bolivia, Peru, and Chile.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form Occurrences
Aymara people 6
Aymaran languages 4
Aymara peoples 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American indigenous language ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ
language ⓘ
alignmentType nominative–accusative ⓘ
approximateSpeakers over 1 million ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Jaqaru ⓘ
Kawki ⓘ
endangeredStatus vulnerable ⓘ
glottologCode ayma1253 ⓘ
hasCulturalRole key marker of Aymara identity ⓘ
hasDialects Aymara self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Central Aymara

Aymara self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Northern Aymara

Aymara self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Southern Aymara
hasFeature evidentiality ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ
suffixing morphology ⓘ
hasLinguisticResearch extensively studied in typology ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive aspiration in stops ⓘ
ejective consonants ⓘ
three-vowel system ⓘ
hasStandardizedOrthography yes ⓘ
influencedBy Spanish ⓘ
surface form: Spanish language
influences Bolivian Spanish ⓘ
iso639-1Code ay ⓘ
iso639-2Code aym ⓘ
iso639-3Code aym ⓘ
languageFamily Aymara self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Aymaran languages
languageOf Altiplano plateau ⓘ
surface form: Lake Titicaca region
morphologicalType agglutinative language ⓘ
notGeneticallyRelatedTo Quechua ⓘ
officialStatusIn Bolivia ⓘ
Peru ⓘ
primaryWordOrder SOV ⓘ
recognizedAs official indigenous language of Bolivia ⓘ
official indigenous language of Peru ⓘ
region Altiplano plateau ⓘ
surface form: Altiplano

Andes ⓘ
surface form: Central Andes
spokenBy Aymara self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Aymara people
spokenIn Bolivia ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
Peru ⓘ
usedFor education in Bolivia ⓘ
radio broadcasting ⓘ
religious practice ⓘ
usedIn Bolivian constitution ⓘ
Peruvian intercultural bilingual education programs ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (51)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Aymara peoples
Kawki → closelyRelatedTo → Aymara ⓘ
Isla de la Luna → culture → Aymara ⓘ
Wiphala → hasCulturalOrigin → Aymara ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aymara culture
this entity surface form: Aymara people
Aymara → hasDialects → Aymara self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Aymara
Aymara → hasDialects → Aymara self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Aymara
Aymara → hasDialects → Aymara self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Aymara
this entity surface form: Aymara people
subject surface form: Northwestern Argentina
this entity surface form: Aymara peoples
Sucre → indigenousLanguages → Aymara ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aymara people
El Alto → language → Aymara ⓘ
Viracocha → languageContext → Aymara ⓘ
Aymara → languageFamily → Aymara self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aymaran languages
Jaqaru → languageFamily → Aymara ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aymaran
Kawki → languageFamily → Aymara ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aymaran
this entity surface form: Aymaran languages
Andes → languageRegion → Aymara ⓘ
Collasuyu → languageUsed → Aymara ⓘ
Copacabana → languageUsed → Aymara ⓘ
Isla del Sol → languageUsed → Aymara ⓘ
Oruro → languageUsed → Aymara ⓘ
Puno → languageUsed → Aymara ⓘ
Bolivia → officialLanguage → Aymara ⓘ
Peru → officialLanguage → Aymara ⓘ
Cusco → recognizedLanguage → Aymara ⓘ
La Paz → recognizedLanguage → Aymara ⓘ
Arequipa → regionalLanguage → Aymara ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aymara people
Aymara → spokenBy → Aymara self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aymara people
Jaqaru → subclassOf → Aymara ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aymaran languages
Kawki → subclassOf → Aymara ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aymaran languages
Wiphala → usedBy → Aymara ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aymara people
this entity surface form: Aymara languages