Aymara language
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| Aymara | |
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| Aymar aru | |
| Native to | Bolivia, Peru and Chile. |
| Ethnicity | Aymara people |
| Native speakers | 1.8 million in Bolivia (1987) 660,000 in Peru (2000–2006) |
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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
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The Aymara language is spoken by the Aymara tribe in Bolivia, Peru, and north of Chile. In Chile only a third declared linguistic competence. The language is inflected. It is one of the few Native American languages which has over one million speakers.
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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.
