Aymara is spoken by about 2.6 million people, mainly in Bolivia, Peru, and northern Chile, where it holds official status in Bolivia and Peru. It is one of the few Native American languages with millions of speakers today. Aymara’s grammar is agglutinative, featuring a strikingly large number of cases, and its structure allows precise expression of relationships and nuances. Deeply tied to the Andean highlands, Aymara is central to the culture, traditions, and worldview of its people, reflected in oral literature, weaving patterns, and music.
Stats
Language Family: Aymaran
Writing System: Latin
Writing System Type: Alphabet
Writing Direction: L to R
Tones / Pitch Accent: N
Morphology: Agglutinative
Cases: 14
Grammatical Gender / Noun Class: 0
Number of Verb Tenses: 4
Word Order: SOV
Number of Vowels (Monophthongs): 6
Number of Consonants: 26
Areas Where Spoken
Bolivia (official) (14.6%) (1,812,000)
Peru (official) (1.7%) (582,000)
Chile (0.8%) (158 k)