Aymara language
The Aymara language is spoken by the Aymara tribe in Bolivia, Peru, and north of Chile. In Chile, only a third of thribe say that they speak it well. An inflected language, it is one of the few Native American languages that has over one million speakers.
| Aymara | |
|---|---|
| Aymar aru | |
| Native to | Bolivia, Peru and Chile. |
| Ethnicity | Aymara people |
| Native speakers | (1.8 million in Bolivia cited 1987) 660,000 in Peru (2000–2006) |
| Language family | Aymaran
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | ay |
| ISO 639-2 | aym |
| ISO 639-3 | aym – inclusive code Individual codes: ayr – Central Aymara ayc – Southern Aymara |
 Geographic Distribution of the Aymara language | |
Aymara Language Media
Distribution of Aymara limited to three southern departments in Peru: Puno, Moquegua, Tacna.
Declaration of Independence of the United Provinces of South America (present-day Argentina) in Spanish and Aymara
Aymara translation of the Book of Mormon
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Sources
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This language has its own Wikipedia project. See the Aymara language edition. |
- Currency and Displacement of the Aymara Language in Chile. Estud. filol. [online]. GUNDERMANN, H, GONZALEZ, H and VERGARA, JI. Sept. 2007, no.42 [cited 20 April 2008], p. 123-140.
