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.

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Observed surface forms (9)


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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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