Aymara

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

All labels observed (12)

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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

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Referenced by (141)

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

Isla del Sol languageUsed Aymara
Evo Morales languageSpoken Aymara
Sajama Province language Aymara
Uyuni languageSpoken Aymara
Colchani hasLanguage Aymara
Wuliwya Marka Apnaqiri hasTitleFormIn Aymara
this entity surface form: Aymara language
Oruro Department language Aymara
Andean languages hasMajorLanguage Aymara
this entity surface form: Bolivian Aymara
Andean languages hasMajorLanguage Aymara
this entity surface form: Central Aymara
Illimani nameLanguage Aymara
Parinacota Volcano hasNameOrigin Aymara
this entity surface form: Aymara language
Department of Linguistics focusesOnLanguage Aymara
subject surface form: Department of Linguistics, University of Chile
Andean music language Aymara
Iñak Uyu nameLanguage Aymara
Killa Island (variant spellings) hasLanguageContext Aymara
subject surface form: Killa Island
Uros people language Aymara
Cordillera Real mountains languageRegion Aymara
subject surface form: Cordillera Real
Coroico localLanguages Aymara
Achacachi localLanguage Aymara
Parinacota nameLanguage Aymara