Aymara language

Aymara is an Indigenous language of the central Andes, spoken chiefly in Bolivia and Peru. It belongs to the Aymaran language family and is spoken by millions of people.

Aymaran languages: A language family of the central Andes that includes Aymara and Jaqaru. Aymara is the family's largest and most widely known language.
Proto-Aymaran: The reconstructed ancestral language from which the Aymaran languages developed. Comparative evidence links Aymara to an older language shared with Jaqaru.
Aymara language education: Formal and community-based teaching and learning of Aymara as a first or additional language. Bilingual education has made Aymara a subject and medium of instruction in parts of the Andes.
Aymara people: Indigenous peoples of the central Andes who share cultural ties and, often, the Aymara language. The language is a central marker of identity for many Aymara communities.
Agglutinative language: A language that builds words by attaching sequences of morphemes, each typically expressing a distinct grammatical function. Aymara forms many words and grammatical meanings by adding suffixes to roots.
Aymara Kingdoms: Post-Tiwanaku polities of the Lake Titicaca region, including the Colla, Lupaqa, and Pacajes. Aymara-speaking communities formed major highland societies before Inca expansion.
Aymara Wikipedia: The Aymara-language edition of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia. It shows how Aymara is used to create contemporary reference material online.
Aymara language revitalization: Efforts to strengthen Aymara transmission, use, education, and public recognition. Revitalization addresses pressures that have limited intergenerational transmission and public use.
Evidentiality: A grammatical system that marks how a speaker knows or presents the source of information. Aymara grammar can distinguish information witnessed directly from information learned indirectly.
Tiwanaku: A major pre-Columbian civilization centered near Lake Titicaca in the Andes. Aymara's historical relationship to Tiwanaku remains debated rather than established.

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