Aymara
Speech parts
1. Aymara - Noun
2. Aymara - Proper noun
Meaning
Aymara pl (plural only)
An indigenous people of South America.
Aymara
A language spoken in South America.
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Examples
At least three South American indigenous languages (Quechua, Aymara, and Guarani) are recognized along with Spanish as national languages.
An Aymara witchdoctor is seen during a ceremony that marks the winter solstice, at the Tiahuanaco ruins, Bolivia June 21, 2018.
In 1781, for a total of six months, a group of Aymara people laid siege to La Paz.
Incan languages such as Quechua and Aymara have an almost straightforward decimal system, in which 11 is expressed as ten with one and 23 as two-ten with three.
But growing up in an Aymara community in a semi-rural area outside La Paz, he was surrounded by a culture he describes as ‘giving’, in which young people shared this view.
Extending its reach beyond the sacred site of Tiwanaku, in 2013 the government has decided to hold further celebrations for the Aymara New Year in El Salar de Uyuni.