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Aymaran
language of the Indian tribes known as the Aymara, prevalent mainly in the southern part of the department of Puno, Peru, and in the departments of La Paz and Oruro, Bolivia. It is used concurrently with the official language, Spanish. Approximately 1.3 million people speak Aymara (1964). Before the colonization of South America by the Spaniards in the 16th century, the Aymara language included more than 40 dialects and was different from its contemporary form. There are few ancient literary monuments in the Aymara language—they are fragments of poetic works, dedicated to the cult of the earth and sun. Missionaries have disseminated translations of the Bible, prayers, and sermons in the Aymara language. In 1900 an academy was founded in La Paz for the study of the language and history of the Aymara, and in 1901 it began to issue a monthly bulletin, which later ceased to appear on a regular basis. WORKSGómez, B. Catecismo de la lengua aymará del Perú. Lima, 1583.Apuntes para un catálogo de escritores de lenguas indígenas de América. Mexico, 1860. Middendorf, E. W. Die Aymara-Sprachen. Leipzig, 1891. Wissler, C. The American Indian, 3rd ed. New York, 1950. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | Yet the 49-year-old, football-loving president of Aymaran Indian descent remains popular, especially in the western Andean highlands which stand to benefit most from his rewriting of the constitution. For the first time in Bolivia's 180-year history, most of the ministers are native peoples--including a little-known Aymaran, David Choquehuanca, named as foreign minister. A 1993 study based on in-depth interviews with 30 indigenous Aymaran women in La Paz and El Alto, Bolivia, found that many of the women had ambivalent, if not negative, feelings about sex. |
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